... used to create a contrasting image between a child's view and an adults view. To the child the "trees are like spectators"; this metaphor/simile is implying that the child's world is lively and animated .. the child, climbs on then swings on the clothesline. The clothesline serves as ... a metaphor, the ability to swing on it symbolising freedom of the child and the inability to swing on it, showing the responsibility of being an ... and "scars" on the adults hand; these wrinkles reflect the experiences people inevitably face. Much like aging is an inevitable process of life, so is chan...

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... and values onto the Aboriginal people of Tasmania. Throughout this piece the dancer's represented moves of traditional Indigenous dance as well as modern western style contemporary, for example, the scene "Exile," the movements by the dancer who performs as Mathinna seems orientated from the ground while her facial expressions and body language show fear and sadness, at the same time her ... ...

• Word Count: 617
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

... migrants face in Australia, the sense of being an "outsider " relative to the place is brought out in "A barrier at the main gate ". Here symbolism is used; the "barrier " is a metaphor for their separation from the host society and implies the chance of belonging is limited. What we can see from this poem by Peter Skrzynecki is that there are a number ... ...

• Word Count: 1032
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... such as "kielbasa" and "salt herrings," the symbolism revealing the interactions that brings them together due to their traditions. The last line identifies the family as "inheritors of a key " the metaphor alluding to the family's assimilation and naturalisation into Australian society by becoming "citizens of the soil" through the imagery associated with sustenance. However the negative connotations of "when this one ... ...

• Word Count: 1116
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Graduate