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Jack Davis comparing and contrasting poems

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Davis is communicating a need to let go of your insecurities and differences and be proud toshare what you have with others. To stand up for what you believe is right, by breaking downwalls instead of building them up. This imagery gives us a more negative insight to theconsequence of hiding from these issues.T -MetaphorQ- "Or to build a wall to crouch and hide, to cry or sneerbehind"Evidence2Q-M-"You must lead the talk, talk for our race and help dispel our fears"T- InclusiveLanguageM-The use of inclusive language such as ‘ours’ allows Davis to connect on a more emotionallevel with the reader. This introduces the reader into the idea of being involved in helping resolvecultural issues in order to rid the indigenous communities fear of losing their culture and identityto the more “mainstream” white Australian culture.Evidence1Addresses cultural separationIdea 1Q-"You were not born to walk on by or rest in sheltered bower, but fight until the ink is dry, until victory hour"T-MetaphorM-Davis is referring to fighting until the equality is made a law in Australia. The victory hour onlybeing when the ink is dry and the law is enforced.Evidence1M- This is implicating that there is possibility to open the door and for a relationship betweenwhite and indigenous Australians to exist. There is still an opportunity for the two cultures tointegrate, hence the title integration.T-MetaphorQ-"The door between us is not locked, justajar"Evidence2Equality is possible-Must be foughtforIdea 2Jack Davis_1Before the start of this poetry topic, I struggled to gain understanding of the meanings of Jack Davis' poems. I knew aspects about them but never realised how much thought and depth were put into them.For example in Davis' poem 'integration' Davis suggests that "The door is not locked, just ajar". I could identify this phrase as a metaphor; but when it came to expanding on the meaning of it, i could neverget much further then the idea of possibilities. But possibilities of what? It wasn't until i started to learn about the indigenous history that everything started to make a bit more sense to me. Possibility ofintegration, or having a relationship with the white Australians.This task has allowed me to move out of my comfort zone and think phrases through with more depth. But most of all this task has been an eye opener to the history of indigenous culture and experience.This has led me to personally connect to a poem for the first time and gain wider understanding and views on concepts such as; identity, culture, discrimination, land and so on. Because of the theknowledge i now hold on the topic, i am able to understand the hardships that the indigenous community went through not all that long ago. I believe this task has helped my poetry skills and identifying andexplaining techniques and the meanings behind them.Jack Davis played a significant role in Australian history and will be a name continuously used throughout the future. His contributions changed Australia for the better. Without Jack Davis’ contributions andinfluence I strongly believe that the identity of Australia would not be as strong and special as it is today.Double click this nodeto edit the textClick and drag this buttonto create a new node