Poems and Poets
Who wrote The River's Story?
Brian Patten
What have humans done to nature in both poems?
Harmed or Damaged it
Name any one technique used in poetry
(any accepted)
Fill in the blank:
"a time before ________ grew"
factories
Both poems show damage to what?
The environment / nature
Who wrote Municipal Gum?
Oodgeroo Noonuccal
Why is the river upset in The River's Story?
Humans polluted and changed it
What technique is used when the poet speaks as if the river is talking?
Dramatic Monologue
Which poem uses the phrase "it's hell prolonged"
The poems ask us to feel what emotion for nature?
Sympathy / care
In The River's Story, who is speaking?
The River
What do we call it when something non-human is given human feelings?
Personification
The line "brick by greedy brick" shows humans are what?
greedy / harming the environment
Why is it important to learn about environmental issues?
To understand and protect nature
What object does Oodgeroo Noonuccal describe in Municipal Gum?
A Gum Tree
The river remembers a time before what?
Before humans built factories
The gum tree is used as a symbol. What technique is this?
Symbolism
The gum tree being "strapped and buckled" makes it sound like it is being what?
hurt / controlled
The gum tree is also a symbol for what group of people?
Indigenous Australians
Which poem describes humans vomiting into it's water and ruining the peace it had before?
The River's Story
What group of people does the gum tree also represent in the poem?
Indigenous people
Exaggeration used in writing is called?
Hyperbole
Speaking as the river makes the river seem like it has what?
What is the main message of both poems?
Humans harm nature and instead we should care for it.