Rupert McCall
Jason McCall, more communally known as Rupert McCall has been called the modern day banjo Patterson and Henry Lawson. He has the ability to express his emotions though his poetry with a warm and compelling simplicity. He has the ability to combine passion with humor in his poetry which captures the hearts of all true Australian's, from school kids to sports fans and blue-collar workers to businessmen. When reading Rupert's poetry it's easy to get caught up in the emotion, patriotism and true aussie pride that he has of this beautiful country that exists in his poetry. Rupert McCall is a 26-year-old solicitor who has put his legal career on hold to peruse his number one passion - poetry and creative writing. He went on a tour of the 163 world hotspots as part of his research and mental preparation for his third book entitled "Green and Gold Malaria" which has already sold 60000 copies. Rupert has also produced a CD, which has nearly reached gold status. The image that comes across in his poetry is one of a "True Blue Aussie". He writes about things in a way that only a true Aussie would understand. His poetry is on topics such as cricket, AFL and proud Australian moments such as the Australian Rugby team winning
Throughout this poem there have been three types of poetic devices used. Alliterations were used a lot in this poem, actually there is eleven lines that have alliterations in them. Here are some of them "Through a window, where I stare upon a yard that needs a mow", 'window, where' being the alliteration. "To be bowled by one's own brother was the ultimate in shame", 'be bowled by' is the alliteration. "And just ask Adam Gilchrist if that dream was worth his while" has two alliterations in it. These are only a few of the alliterations used in this poem. The image that Rupert sends across through his poetry is that he is very proud of this country and the people who live in it. There where quite a few similes used in this poem so here are only some of them. "Then, sometimes when you took the crease, you'd face like Allan Border" face like Alan Border being the simile. "As you 'walked the walk' like David Boon and 'talked the talk' like Richie" this line has two similes in it they are 'Walked the walk like David Boon' and 'Talked the a Talk like Richie'. There is another five lines in this poem that contain at least one simile. Another poetic device used in this poem is a personification that appears in the line "Well, the Doctor scratched his melon with a rather worried look". The poet using melon as a symbol for the doctors head.
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Approximate Word count = 1173
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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