The Man From The Snowy River Analysis

I heard from Aunty Li that you received an offer from the University of Sydney and will be coming to Australia next month, Good on you! I’m writing this letter to you in an attempt to share my experience of discovering the true images of Australia after reading the poems “My Country” by Dorothea Mackellar and “The Man from the Snowy River” by Banjo Paterson. I realised that whenever I am trying rigidly identify images of Australia, I always fall into the trap of perceiving it based on stereotypes from the social media and other online resources, such as Australia is just one big red desert and all Australians live by beach. So, from now on get rid of those generalisations and carry on reading.

“Australia is a country with desert or semi-arid
“The Man From the Snowy River” written by Banjo Paterson further alludes typical scenes of the natural landscape but with extended spectrum covering the stockmen on the rural outback of Australia. Vast Imagery had been employed throughout the poem accompanies by Australian vernacular such as ‘through the stringybarks and black’ and ‘mountain ash and kurrajong grew wide’. “The man from the Snowy River” had been first introduced in Clancy’s direct speech “But nowhere yet such horsemen have I seen.” The poet deliberately quotes directly from Clancy for a dramatic effect as it intensifies the tone of admiration and informs readers that another characteristic of an Australian is that of loyalty. Simultaneously, the vague description makes the man appears to be a lone and silent stranger, which foreshadows the climax of the narratives. The images of Australia had been further portrayed through the trail of the wild horses, evident in the alliteration “horse’s hoofs strike firelight from the flint stones every stride.”, which reflects the rugged Australian terrain in settlement period that is untainted by urbanisation. While the poet metaphorical referred the man as “a stripling” that had evolved from this bleak terrain, which as a result render him extreme bravery and adaptability to undertake