Australian Poet Judith Wright and How Her Poems Portray Australias Cultural Identity
It is stated that We maintain and reproduce our cultural identity through what we read and write'. Many great Australian poets show the culture that Australia has through the strong imagery and emotive language portrayed in their poetry. Judith write is a famous Australian poet who wrote many poems that portrayed Australia's Cultural Identity. Her poems The Wonga Vine", "Jet Flight Over Derby", "A Country Town" and "Two Dreamtimes" strongly reflect the landscape, environment, history, beliefs and social issues that Australia, had during the times that Judith Wright lived through. Her poetry also reflects the modern cultural identity that Australia has now.
Judith Wright was born in 1915 into a pioneering bush family. She grew up in New South Wales near Armadale. Judith Wright's family was an old wealthy pastoral family. She was educated at home by her grandmother and at the age of 14 she was sent to New England Girls' School. Here is where Wright decided to become a poet. In 1934 Wright went to the Sydney University and studied Philosophy, History, Psychology and English.
Judith Wright mainly wrote her poetry about the environment. When World War 2 started Wright's father asked her to come back home to help. This was a turning point in her writing career. She had listened to many of the stories that the old workers on her father's farm told. Wright learned of how the Aboriginal people were treated and how their land was stolen and traditions destroyed. She was able to sympathise with the Aboriginal people because of the fear that she felt with the onset of World War Two. Judith kept on writing and produced many works that portrayed the Australian landscape, culture and history. Thus providing a representation of the Australian Identity.
The Wonga Vine' is a poem, which has a central focus on the landscape and conversation of the environment. The persona captures the more rural landscapes of Australia, such as that desert, hot dry weather and creeks.
Judith Wright was born in 1915 into a pioneering bush family. She grew up in New South Wales near Armadale. Judith Wright's family was an old wealthy pastoral family. She was educated at home by her grandmother and at the age of 14 she was sent to New England Girls' School. Here is where Wright decided to become a poet. In 1934 Wright went to the Sydney University and studied Philosophy, History, Psychology and English.
Judith Wright mainly wrote her poetry about the environment. When World War 2 started Wright's father asked her to come back home to help. This was a turning point in her writing career. She had listened to many of the stories that the old workers on her father's farm told. Wright learned of how the Aboriginal people were treated and how their land was stolen and traditions destroyed. She was able to sympathise with the Aboriginal people because of the fear that she felt with the onset of World War Two. Judith kept on writing and produced many works that portrayed the Australian landscape, culture and history. Thus providing a representation of the Australian Identity.
The Wonga Vine' is a poem, which has a central focus on the landscape and conversation of the environment. The persona captures the more rural landscapes of Australia, such as that desert, hot dry weather and creeks.