Feliks Skrzynecki
St Pats College
10 Mary Street
In The Folk Museum
Belonging Concepts
100
"Loved his garden like an only child" is an example of?
What is "simile".
100
What does Skrzynecki mean by "what was best"?
What is "Mother believed it was the best possible education for the poet".
100
Visitors that ate Kielbasa, salt herrings And rye bread, drank Raw vodka or cherry brandy   And smoked like   A dozen Puffing Billies - What are puffing billies?
What is "steam trains".
100
Identify some items in the museum that the poet suggests "reminds me of a past that isn't mine".
What is "A Victorian Bedroom ‐  Hay knife, draining plough, Shoulder yoke, box iron: Relics from a Tablelands heritage"
100
the action or process of being received as adequate or suitable, typically to be admitted into a group.
What is "acceptance".
200
"He swept its paths/Ten times around the world" demonstrates his dedication and devotion; he and the garden belong to one another. What poetic technique is this?
What is "Hyperbole?"
200
Why does Skrynecki use the Latin phrase “Luceat Lux Vestra”?
What is "To highlight the unfamiliarity and prove he did not belong to the school".
200
Skrzynecki himself didn't hold the same values as his parents such as the treatment with the garden. What simile reflects this in the poem?
What is "I’d ravage the backyard garden/ Like a hungry bird".
200
"A darkness in the rooms Betrays the absence of voices" suggests a tone of what?
What is "eerie, unknown, mystery" - not belonging.
200
the state or experience of being isolated from a group or an activity to which one should belong or in which one should be involved.
What is "alienation".
300
Highlights the divide that is growing between him and his father as Australian culture creeps in on Peter's belonging. It has a feeling of sad awareness and creates a sense of loss. What metaphor used in the poem reflected this?
What is "further and further down Hadrian's Wall".
300
What does "Venite Adoremus" hymn mean?
What is "O Come Let Us Adore Him".
300
"Tended roses and camellias/ Like adopted children" is a simile that suggests the parents...
What is "nurture and foster the garden".
300
On to a street that leads around Autumn Which stands at the door Dressed in ____ and ____.
What is "yellow and brown".
300
deny (someone) access to or bar (someone) from a place, group, or privilege.
What is "exclusion."
400
"His Polish friends/Always shook hands too violently" "His Polish friends...Talking they reminisced about farms where paddocks flowered, with corn and wheat". What emphasises that the poet is an "outsider"?
What is "third person pronoun "they"".
400
For eight years I carried the _____ I'd been privileged to wear What were the colours of the prestigious uniform?
What is "blue, black and gold".
400
"We ____" demonstrates togetherness of family for 'nineteen' years.
What is "we departed".
400
Her hair's the same colour As the grey clay bottle That's cold as water to touch. Who is this referring to and what poetic technique?
What is "caretaker - simile".
400
cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others.
What is "isolation".
500
Polish language that is a barrier to Feliks' belonging in society. What quote in the poem reflects this?
What is What is "I/Remember words he taught me.../The curse that damned...I forgot my first Polish word./He repeated it so I never forgot".
500
Our Lady watched With outstretched arms, Her face overshadowed by clouds What does this suggest about "Our Lady"?
What is "The poet feels she is not maternal or caring".
500
A clear sense of normal practice and routine in the lives of the Skrzynecki family. The use of industrial imagery of “r____ b____”, “b____”, “f____” evokes a sense of comfort and connection to their humble surrounds.
What is "rusty bucket, bridge and factory".
500
The poet misread a physical connection by the caretaker. Disheartened she asks him to?
What is ""Would you please sign the Visitors' Book?"
500
to withdraw into one's private world: E.g. When social pressures become too great, she simply _____.
What is "disconnects".
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