This fascinating poem called ‘Native tongue’ portrays the writer Mojo Ruiz de Luzuriaga of her life and the struggle of her identity. She is knowingly called by the name Mo'ju she shortened her name as “It’s a name that allowed me to draw upon the strength and support of all my loved ones when I walked on stage”. She wrote this poem to show one meaningful struggle, possibly other indigenous Australians have when they are a mixed race which is "I don’t know where I belong." Mo'ju represented herself as being judged. This essay will analyse how indigenous Australians is represented, the purpose and the mood in the poem ‘Native tongue’. This poem portrays the mood anger and gloom. The first 3 stanzas and last 2 stanzas give a mood of sadness as in the second stanza one line says "but you make me feel so ill at ease" if you are ill at ease, it means you feel rather uncomfortable or worried as these both feelings lead or relate to sadness. "I don’t know where I belong" was continuously repeated throughout the poem as it is the main topic this line makes you feel gloom, abandon and alone! In the middle 3 stanzas you can tell that Mo'ju was trying to show a mood …show more content…
the poem it says "every time you cut me down, I'm gonna come back fierce" meaning that Mo'ju got cut down in the past but isn't going to let that happen anymore and he is going to come back stronger than she was before . She used evaluative language which is 'fierce' meaning she is capable but also angry. "I don't know where I belong" has you feeling lonely perhaps Mo'ju wrote this to make us feel this way. "The time is through for bein' nice" presents to the audience Indigenous Australians have been sick of getting judged and she can't take it anymore, so she doesn't want to play nice. Linking back to the lines where it says, "The time is through for bein' nice" and "I'm gonna come back fierce" these two lines shows us that she is