Rubric
What is the name of Module A
Language, Culture & Identity
Who is the poet of 'Inside My Mother'?
Ali Cobby Eckermann
What is the extended metaphor throughout 'Eyes'
The eyes
What poem is named after a sacred Aboriginal location?
“In her mind, she observes both the hardness of the trunks and the softness of bark”
What are the two techniques in the quote above?
Juxtaposition and personification
What is the prescribed text?
Ali Cobby Eckermann's anthology 'Inside My Mother'
In what poem does the grandma appear?
'Key'
In 'Oombulgarri', what history is alluded to throughout the poem(e.g. paddy wagons, blue pattern dresses")?
Removal of Indigenous people from the town
What plant holds significance in the poem ‘Trance’?
Pituri
What is the background of the poet?
Aboriginal & German
Language has the power to both r___ and s___ i___ and c____ i___
Language has the power to both REFLECT and SHAPE INDIVIDUAL and COLLECTIVE IDENTITY
What is the dynamic between the granddaughter and the grandma in the poem 'Key'?
Grandma has passed away and the granddaughter is going back through the house and her memories
What technique is in the line:
"bleached sand burns her skin/ she enjoys the sensation"
Symbolism/ Metaphor
What is used to signify the personas dad in ‘Leaves'?
Tree
What experiences have influenced Eckermann's poetry?
Stolen Generation- no connection to family
Being adopted
Being abused
Name all 6 poems
Oombulgarri, Unearth, Leaves, Key, Eyes, Trance
In the poem 'Leaves', who are the two characters and what is their relation to each other?
a. Name all the poem pairs
b. What idea is shared between them
Trance/Eyes- Perceptions of Culture
Key/Leaves- Family, Kin, Culture
Oombulgarri/Unearth- Disrupting Dispossession
Explain in this quote how Eckermann expresses her cultural relationship with the land within this quote?
“Branchs uplift his bark-bound body”
Land is taking her husband back- nature is integral to their lives
How does Ali Cobby Eckermann express her cultural identity through pituri? Give a quote and how
She floats in a pituri haze”
She makes a cultural allusion to the idea and use of the pituri leaves, a fundamental item to allow spiritual connection with the land
What are the two types of identity we study?
individual and collective
Why does Eckermann portray her father as a tree in the poem ‘Leaves’?
She never met him and links to nature- Indigenous community
In “Trance”, finish this quote and provide the metaphor evident.
“Heat is the ____ of the ________, the yellow ____ of the sun.”
Heat is the LOVE of the CAMPFIRE, the yellow KISS of the sun.
Metaphors of heat - being as nurturing as the sun, as warm as the sun, to be as warm as love
What is the significance of the poem “Unearth” and how does it relate to aboriginal peoples past trauma?
“dig up the past” shows how she want people to explore aboriginal pasts and acknowledge the truths about their land being taken over.
How did Eckermann explore the idea of tragedies of Aboriginal history and culture in the quote below?
"Boomerangs will rattle in unison"
The cultural allusion of boomerangs showcases the idea of coming back and fighting back from the tragedies of aboriginal history. Further emphasized by the auditory imagery of “rattle” showcasing the scars from tragedies in aboriginal history.