The poem happens in Australia where governments once supported unfair policies intended to dispossess, eradicate and remove Aboriginal people from their traditional lands and families. The narrator is addressing his mother which represents Australia. The poem conveys mood of grieve and suffering from that dire status. The poem consists of two stanzas, in the first stanza there are 44 lines and in the second stanza there are 7 lines. The form of the poem is very free, as the line number is different and there is not so much structure in the poem. Throughout the poem we encounter a lot of commas but no full stops until the very end, where the poem ends with a full stop. There is a fixed rhythm throughout the poem as many of the words rhyme.
Note the repetition of certain phrase like “and through our tears we sat and talked” (stanza 1, lines 2-3). A phrase like “no cries of protest” (stanza 1, line 29) emphasizes the fact that someone is marked by woe and weakness. He also sees Australia as his mother whom he once shares the same blood and strong foetal bond with through the cord.
The poem uses repetition “Tonight we met…. together” in the beginning and in the end, to show the fact that he has a mixed feeling of sorrow and hope. William-Mozley also uses the interesting metaphorical expression “unfriendly world” (stanza 1, line 20) to refer to the extent of this subjugation.
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