Lawson's Poem, We Are Introduced To Harsh Circumstancess Of Australian Life

From the first paragraph of Henry Lawson’s poem, we are introduced to harsh circumstances of Australian environments, in particularly the outback – “withering weeks of drought…”. The first few lines put images into our heads of negative and grim environments. The poem speaks about the typical Australian bush life and outback. Many references are made to Australian life. Some of these include the use of words such as shearers, scrubs, outback, swags, and drover. The difficulties of walking on hot summer days are accounted in the poem. For example, the second stanza says this: “All day long in the dust and heat -- when summer is on the track --
With stinted stomachs and blistered feet, they carry their swags Out Back.” It points out the struggles