A Long Journey Poem Analysis
Question: theme
Answer: post colonialism
surface vs. reality
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Question: summary
Answer: poet tells story of how his culture benefitted and lost because of colonization, and the price of development/haunting past
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Question: structure
Answer: 1st half:
establishes that there were positive and negative effects of colonization (materially)
2nd half:
the 'true' culture and beliefs of the old world still haunt those living in the 'new' and 'better' world.
"through pick and shovel sjambok and jail
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Question: point 1
Answer: the introduction of modern things was the conclusion of traditional
motor car: modern
ox cart: traditional
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Question: point 2
Answer: it appears as if the narrator and his country has developed
semantic field of travel/movement
moved
fled
came
arrival
ran
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Question: point 3
Answer: although they have developed, they are still haunted by past
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