Mary Street by Peter Skrzynecki Essay

He emigrated to Australia in 1949 with his parents. Most of Skrzyneckis poems are about his life and the change that he has experienced from move to a divers(prenominal) country. In 1951 the family moved to Sydney, to the working-class suburb of Regents Park, where a home had been purchased at 10 Mary course.The poem 10 Mary Street represents change as it shows the comparison between Skrzyneckis life in Poland and his new life in Sydney and how he and his family have had to adapted to their new style of life and how the physical change of moving countries has changed them emotionally. Change is present in this poem as the poet uses the allegory Shut the house like a well-oiled throw out to appreciate the order of daily ritual when departing in the morning.It indicates that the house is secure and protects the family. The simile like adopted children shows that the garden is not like any another(prenominal) garden to them. The language techniques that Skrzynecki uses in this poe m are used to great effect and create a level of connection between the reader and Skrzyneckis and how his life was.Some of the techniques used are Similies A simile is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another of a different kind, as an illustration or ornament, the effect that a simile has in a poem is that it paints a picture in our minds as a simile is a descriptive set of words e. g. And smoked like a dozen Puffing Billies Personification A figure of speech that gives human qualities to plume ideas, animals, and inanimate objects. It affects the reader by creating empathy, and allows the reader to associate with the poem and the message in it e. g. In its china blue coat