Jack Davis
Land
Oh White man!
How can I make you understand
This love of land
It has the touch of a child's fingertips
To a mother's lips
Soft, as a buttefly's wings
Her loveliness is summer red, pink, fading gold as mother sun sinks to fold
Hereself in cloak of night
Embossed with the light
Of stars from a black nation's dreamtime
On a final note, the composer creates highlighting the strong, cultural connection the indigenous people have to their land. White settlment/ invasion destroyed this connection, leaving individuals such as indigenous poeple without a Asutralian identity.
Analysis:
" Oh white man!
How can I make you understand
This is love of land "
Perspective - Indegenous People.
Tone - A sens of despiration / plea to white poeople.
Effect:
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Gives perspective on the cultural importance the land is for Indegenous people.
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" It has the touch of a child's fingertips
To a mother's lips "
Personification - Land is compared to child/baby
Effect:
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Indicates the land to the indigenous people is innocent, naive, pure.
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The need for nurturing, te be taken care of loved and protected.
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" Soft, as a butterfly's wing "
Simile -Land is compared to a fragile insect
Effect:
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Creates a vivid and effective visual image evoking emotion. Highlights the apreciation Indigenous people on the land and ackowledge how fragile it is.
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"Her loveliness is summer red, pink, fading gold as mother sun sinks to fold
Herself in cloak of night "
Symbolism ( colours ) -Colours associated with sunsets. Links to beatuy.
Metaphor - The sun is the mother, strong beatyful.
Immagery -visual image of the of the land blakened by the sky.
Effect:
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Adds visual image to the wordsm which creates it more vivid and meaninful
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Similar ideas of huma qualities
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" Embossed with the light
Of stars from a black nation's dreamtime"
Immagery - Stars highlighting and its beatyful features.
Effect:
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Striking out in the night, glow in the dark.