Truganinny

Rose's poem "Truganinny" is a depressing but enlightening story of a woman who paints a picture of Aborigines, her culture, being forcibly removed from their lands and in the process many lives are lost not to mention their culture and traditions being stamped out fore she is the last full-blooded member of the Tasmanians. The poem speaks of her struggling to relay to others how tragic their situation truly is and how desperately she wants to die at peace in her own lands. The story reminds me of how Native Americans struggled with the same injustices. This poem really hits home when she speaks of her dead children with their eyes gone gray. This paints a vivid description of the repercussions we see time and time again with forced colonization.