1. Australian Poetry
It projects the image to the reader of the uniformed Australian person laying on the deck of a ship, chanting the poem, enjoying a well earned rest. ... It presents the reader with the clear image that the soldier has no fear of death and confronts each day as any other in his life. ... To start this poem, in stanza one the poet delivers the reader with an image of "strolling with my sheep, by the old stream". ... This enables the reader to easily flow with the poem as they read. ... There appears to be an attempt to take the reader into the mind of the soldier using classic imagery, reinfo...
- Word Count: 696
- Approx Pages: 3
- Grade Level: High School