1. Poetry and Our Perceptions of Belonging
... outlook and perception of self is altered. Furthermore, he appeals to the audience's' sense of justice through the rhetorical questions of "didn't Australia provide...for the dispossessed Irish?...refugees from Europe and Asia?", which parallels the experiences of white Australians to that of the Indigenous. Keating urges society to acknowledge the Indigenous culture and enrich their experience of belonging by ... , Australia's acceptance of different nations is juxtaposed with the migrant's experiences in Skrzynecki's poem, "Migrant Hostel", when they were compared to migratory birds, w...
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