Rupert McCall
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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 the World Cup. If
an immigrant from Italy was to read Ruperts poetry, they would not appreciate
it. Because he writes about Australian issues that only true Australians would
understand. So they would think that he has a screw loose or something. The
three poems featured in this anthology are “Green and Gold Malaria”, “The
Tubby Little Trooper” and “A Land of Backyard Cricket”. Green and Gold
Malaria tells a story of an Australian man who comes home from overseas and goes
to the doctor to get the verdict on an allergy he gets when he’s witnessing
Australians who have done heroic things in there field of expertise. Whether it
be the Anzacs in the Anzac day parade or Border making a gutsy ton. The doctor
then goes on to tell him that there is no cure for it because it’s just
“Good Old Aussie Pride”. If an immigrant from East Timor was to read this
poem they would not understand The message in this poem is that Australians are
proud of this beautiful country and the people who live in it and represent it.
Throughout this poem there have been three types of poetic devices used.
Alliterations have been used in the lines “And Matilda sends me waltzing with
a billy-boiling shiver” Billy-boiling being the alliteration. Another one
appears in ...
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