The poems I have selected for this poster is the poem ‘My Country’ by Dorothea Mackellar, and ‘Waratah and Wattle’ by Henry Lawson. Both of these poems have the theme of the individual poet expressing their ideas and thoughts about Australia’s beautiful landscape and plants. So, for this reason I decided to have a rough outline of Australia, along with it being cut around the outline in the shape of Australia. Another main feature of this poster is the red love heart placed in the centre of the poster. This is because in the poem ‘My Country’, Dorothea Mackellar expresses her feelings of Australia as the “Core of my heart, my country!”, and then she goes on to expresses her love for both Australia’s beautiful landscapes and its harsh seasons and weather. Dorothea Mackellar also expresses her
…show more content…
Therefore I have drawn a set of wattles and a waratah on to the poster. Along with these illustrations of them I have put a quote in between them which is Lawson describing his thoughts about Australia, the waratahs and the wattle. The quote is ‘ I love the great land where the Waratah grows. And the Wattle-bough blooms on the hill.” Also, in Lawson’s poem he talks about how his friends may not want to follow him, but his passion and trust in Australia makes him stay and makes him willing enough to take all the pain for Australia. In the poem, he says ‘I would die every death that might save her from shame’. For this quote, I placed a rugged landscape with a cross symbolising death at the top of it, to show how the poet is willing to experience extreme hardships and pain for the sake of his love for Australia. Also, In the poem ‘My Country’, Dorothea Mackellar describes how Australia has a large variety of different landscapes and seasons, so for this reason I have decided to make my poster a variety of pictures, drawings and outlines, to depict Australia’s large variety of different
Therefore I have drawn a set of wattles and a waratah on to the poster. Along with these illustrations of them I have put a quote in between them which is Lawson describing his thoughts about Australia, the waratahs and the wattle. The quote is ‘ I love the great land where the Waratah grows. And the Wattle-bough blooms on the hill.” Also, in Lawson’s poem he talks about how his friends may not want to follow him, but his passion and trust in Australia makes him stay and makes him willing enough to take all the pain for Australia. In the poem, he says ‘I would die every death that might save her from shame’. For this quote, I placed a rugged landscape with a cross symbolising death at the top of it, to show how the poet is willing to experience extreme hardships and pain for the sake of his love for Australia. Also, In the poem ‘My Country’, Dorothea Mackellar describes how Australia has a large variety of different landscapes and seasons, so for this reason I have decided to make my poster a variety of pictures, drawings and outlines, to depict Australia’s large variety of different