William Street by Kenneth Slessor Essay

visual techniques and stereotypes the ideas that the Indigenous are uneducated, involved in crime and the stereotypical portrayal of white people are all explored. Similarly the notion of urban and rural life is represented in Kennith Slessor’s ‘William Street’ and ‘Country Towns’. In contemporary times the Indigenous are stereotypically represented as being violent and aggressive. Sen is creating a stereotypical image of young Indigenous boys as criminals and dominative. An extreme close up of Vaughn

This poem also has four stanzas and punctuation. This poem has a subject matter of how Sydney has many cons, which Kenneth Slessor thinks is a beautiful city. The theme of the poem is to look for the positive things in everyday life. On the other hand, Rush Hour Tokyo by Joy Kogawa contains simile and assonance. This poem is in one stanza and has no punctuation. The subject

ALLITERATION is the repetition of consonant sounds in a series of words. If the consonants are the same but the sounds are different they do not alliterate. eg. "...the grease that kisses the onions with a hiss." from WILLIAM STREET by Kenneth Slessor ALLUSION is the reference to well-known figures and/or other texts eg. "And thrice I heard the Cock crow thinking I knew it's meaning well." from COCK CROW by Rosemary Dobson The reference here is to the denial of Jesus after his arrest by