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

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Here are some of them “Through a window, where I stare upon a yard that needs a mow”, ‘window, where’ being the alliteration. The doctor then goes on to tell him that there is no cure for it because it’s just “Good Old Aussie Pride”.

The message that this poem presents is that all true Aussie have played backyard cricket at one time in there life and had the dream of playing for their country and getting to wear the baggy green. 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. This rhyme scheme makes each verse six lines long. “To be bowled by one's own brother was the ultimate in shame”, ‘be bowled by’ is the alliteration.

It’s very rare to see poetry like Ruperts where it’s readable where you don’t have to sit down for hours and think about what the poem means. It tells a story that many true Australians could relate to. Rupert McCall will go down in history just as banjo Patterson and Henry Lawson did. Because he writes about Australian issues that only true Australians would understand. There is another five lines in this poem that contain at least one simile. At the end of the poem he decides to tape up the old ball mow a wicket and call his mates to play some good hard backyard cricket.

There are several poetic devices used in this poem they are a metaphor, in the line “ he is good old fashioned guts.

The poem ‘A Land of Backyard cricketers was written by Rupert McCall.

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