Aboriginal+thing

a) Identify the rhyming pattern of this poem and provide an example. A A B B, We want hope, not racialism, Brotherhood, not ostracism, Black advance, not white ascendance. Make us equals, not dependents.

b) Explain what a 'charter' is and how this title links to the content of the poem. A charter is a grant or authority of rights to a person. The title links to the poem as the poem is about the rights and power in the aboriginal tribes and what wrong with the aboriginal tribes.

c) "Opportunity that places White and black on equal basis" How do these two lines link the poem to the concept of social justice? The lines in the poem link to social justice as they so discrimination and racism on skin colour.

d) In **paragraph** form select **TWO** techniques used in this poem and write about them using the four step process: 1. Identify technique 2. Provide example 3. Explain the effect 4. Link back to Social Justice NOTE: You must use complex/sophisticated techniques not basic 'repetition' The technique i chose was assonance. The example of this from the poem is" We need help". The repetition of the vowel E is what makes this assonance. The effect of this is that it makes the sentence we need help more personal in the word we.

e) What is the purpose of the poem? and How do you know this? The purpose of this poem is to educate the standard being in forced on the aborigines and the inequality be put on them. We know she wrote this poem for this purpose because she writes lines like Make us neighbours, not fringe-dwellers; Make us mates, not poor relations, these lines show the inequalities and the standard being in forced on them.