Snow Gum, Wombat, And Nature's Beauty By Douglas Stewart

Poetry is painting that speaks. It might be defined as the clear expression of cloudy feelings. Composers use poetry to shape their perspective for the responder to interpret. Australia has inspired how poets use skilful language to describe its distinctive beauty. Australian vision is exemplified in Douglas Stewart’s poems “The Snow Gum”, “Wombat” and “Waterlily”. Also in “Ibrahim Bin Sahl’s poem “Nature’s Beauty”. Douglas Stewart constructs his poems with various language techniques to bring the Australian native unique Flora and Fauna to life. Furthermore, In “Nature’s Beauty, Ibrahim Bin Sahl emphasises picture of the Andalusian landscape through the use of dexterous language techniques. By employing action writing style, Bin Sahl demonstrates

This is amplified in “The Snow Gum”, where Stewart redefines the beauty of the eucalyptus tree. The composer describes the tree as having a “crown” relating that to royalty and regal. Thereafter, the poet extends this personification using “curve”, to reinforce and strengthen his view of the tree being human like and the distinction of it. Stewart expresses a connection to the royalty of the tree. Similarly, the poem “Waterlily” describes the beauty of a peaceful yellow water lily plant floating on water. The composer gives the plant human characteristics to make the poem sound more alive and mysterious. By saying “Dipped her toe in weeds and so we caught her”, the word “her” is a reference to mother nature and gives the water lily a beautiful feminine quality. Therefor, the audience is able to feel a sense of calmness and peace. Also feel the interconnectedness with nature, spirituality and fantasy and appreciate it. Moreover, in “Nature’s Beauty” the poet applies personification to represent the earth as a queen wearing a long green robe and the rain is throwing the precious stones on its crown and cloths to make shiny and brighter “Earth has worn a green robe and dew strews on it the cores”. Bin Sahl is reflecting on nature’s beauty and comeliness similarly to Stewart, demonstrating an appreciation and a connection to the