Poetry is a superb way for a writer to express strong feelings and emotions using complex and in-depth literature. Lorna Munro exhibits the way the white people “stole” the aboriginal land in her poem ‘Dripping with Decadence’. She expresses an effective way of the changing Australian identity showing her hatred and anger to get her point across. ‘Life-cycle’ by Bruce Dawe, expands on the stereotype that all Victorians are born AFL players. This fun loving poem captures the humorous side to the changing Australian identity by using puns and relatable terms that we use to this
