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At Cooloola - Descriptive language - About nature - Conqueror is the key term as the white people would rather conquer the land then the Indigenous who have a very special and close relationship with the land - “invaders” - “blue cranes” fishing for longer than the white people popped up - Audience: white people “our” - Oneness with nature - “stranger”- white people - She feels guilty - “old murders sake”- sense of genocide - The earth will punish the white people for taking the land - Biblical language - Romantic imagery - Anthropomorphism (giving an animal human qualities) - Hyperbole - Personification - Symbol -

Self-defecating tone “but”- turning point, introduces a contrast Frist person narrative voice Contrast Beautiful, serene nature imagery Adjectives and adverbs First- person perspective Metonymy Personification Symbolism Simile metaphor

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WHY MIGHT THIS BE CONSIDERED A ‘POST-COLONIAL’ POEM? At Cooloola is a post-colonial poem as it contains the many features of colonial Australia and the Indigenous people, “has fished there longer than our centuries”. The poem addresses the problems and consequences of the colonization in Australia, “my grandfather was beckoned by a ghost”. The poem also strongly refers to the cultural identity of Australia and the consequences of the colonization of Australia, “but oppressed by arrogant guilt”. WHAT IS DISTINCT ABOUT JUDITH WRIGHT’S VOICE HERE? Judith Wright uses a first-person perspective addressed to white people to express guilt and gratitude toward the Indigenous people of the land, “I cannot share his calm”. She also expresses fear of her ancestors oppression of the Indigenous, “like my grandfather must quiet a heart accused by its own fear.”

HOW DOES THIS POEM REPRESENT THE EXPERIENCE OF THE ALIEN? At Cooloola exemplifies the peacefulness of the Indigenous before the ‘aliens’ arrived who destroyed their peace. The ‘alien’ came to conquer the land and oppress the lands inhabitants....