How Does The Poem Feliks Skrzynecki Relate To Belonging
“Feliks Skrzynecki”
By Peter Skrzynecki
Topic sentence: the poem explores the relationship between the poet and his father and their contrasting experiences of belonging in a new land
Point: the poem opens with a positive description of Peter Skrzynecki’s father and his detachment from the consumer competitiveness of his neighbours. His home is the garden
Example: “gentle” “ten times around the world”
Technique: positive description, hyperbole
Effect: hyperbole creates a sense of his belonging in this setting as he chooses to stay within its boundaries. His experience of displacement (after war) has led to his chosen state of positive isolation in a secure place (his comfort zone)
Point: evidence of his hard labour in the garden is highlighted in his body, yet it …show more content…
His identity is firmly established as brave and resilient in the face of many obstacles. Contrasts Peter’s later reflections on his shifting identity
Point: Feliks firm sense of identity is contrasted between Peter’s anxiety about his identity
Example: peter describes how he realised he unconsciously remembered parts of the polish language as he grew older “Remnants of a language/ I inherited unknowingly”
Technique: contrasted, enjambment, describes
Effect: highlights Peter’s lack of involvement in his cultural inheritance and his consequent lack of belonging in this domain
Example: Peter Skrzynecki remembers his father’s “a curse that dammed/ A crew cut, grey haired/ Department clerk”
Technique: unflattering description
Effect: conveys Peter’s scorn of this man’s prejudice and justifies Felik’s decision to live in an isolated world where he is comfortable
Point: an image of peace, security and belonging is presents in the descriptions of Feliks in his garden
Example: “My father sits out in the evening/ With his dog, smoking/ watching stars and street lights come
By Peter Skrzynecki
Topic sentence: the poem explores the relationship between the poet and his father and their contrasting experiences of belonging in a new land
Point: the poem opens with a positive description of Peter Skrzynecki’s father and his detachment from the consumer competitiveness of his neighbours. His home is the garden
Example: “gentle” “ten times around the world”
Technique: positive description, hyperbole
Effect: hyperbole creates a sense of his belonging in this setting as he chooses to stay within its boundaries. His experience of displacement (after war) has led to his chosen state of positive isolation in a secure place (his comfort zone)
Point: evidence of his hard labour in the garden is highlighted in his body, yet it …show more content…
His identity is firmly established as brave and resilient in the face of many obstacles. Contrasts Peter’s later reflections on his shifting identity
Point: Feliks firm sense of identity is contrasted between Peter’s anxiety about his identity
Example: peter describes how he realised he unconsciously remembered parts of the polish language as he grew older “Remnants of a language/ I inherited unknowingly”
Technique: contrasted, enjambment, describes
Effect: highlights Peter’s lack of involvement in his cultural inheritance and his consequent lack of belonging in this domain
Example: Peter Skrzynecki remembers his father’s “a curse that dammed/ A crew cut, grey haired/ Department clerk”
Technique: unflattering description
Effect: conveys Peter’s scorn of this man’s prejudice and justifies Felik’s decision to live in an isolated world where he is comfortable
Point: an image of peace, security and belonging is presents in the descriptions of Feliks in his garden
Example: “My father sits out in the evening/ With his dog, smoking/ watching stars and street lights come