Uluru By Eva Johnson Analysis

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Uluru Analysis Faisal Aziz “Uluru” is a poem, written by Eva Johnson. Eva Johnson, who was born in 1946, is a member of the “Malak Malak” people and was stolen from her mother and placed in an orphanage in Adelaide when she was two years old. The poem is based on her Aboriginal culture and the relation that her culture has with Uluru. The form of a poem is what type of poem it is. This poem is a free verse poem because there are no stanzas or rhyming patterns. The purpose of the poem is to entertain by describing Uluru’s natural and cultural aspects. The poem consists of 15 lines but there are no stanzas. The poem mentions Aboriginal culture and the rituals that take place at Uluru , for example, “While waters of tears carry ancient stories …show more content…

One of the words that are used in the poem is ochred which means a pale yellow colour. The word originated as “ōkhra” which was the greek term for yellow. The Greek word, “ōkhra” was later transferred to the Old french word, “ocre” which meant yellow until the English language used the term as ochred. The poem uses the word “ochred” to describe the walls of Uluru. The poem also uses the word, “caress”. The words origins went from the Latin word, “caras” to the Italian word, “carezza” to the French word, “caresse”. Many noun groups are used such as, “That echo against your ochred walls”. I this line the word, “that” is the article, “echo” is the main noun and “against your ochred walls” is the adjectival phrase. Another noun group is “the secrets of your dreaming”. In this line, the word, “the” is the article, “secrets” is the main noun and “of your dreaming” is the adjectival phrase. There are no sound devices used because this is a free verse poem. There are many cultural aspects of the poem. In the poem, “the secrets of your dreaming” refers to the Aboriginal belief called the Dreamtime. The three lines, “while waters of tears carry ancient stories down your jagged crevasses”. In these lines, “Ancient stories” and “down your jagged crevasses” refers to the Aboriginals rituals of ancestral spirits that take place near cracks in the stone walls of Uluru, such as crevasses. The first line in the poem, “Isolated rock” refers

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