Dorothy Mackellar famous poem ‘My Country’ is an account of what it was like living in Australia. In contrast to living in Brittan. Mackellar uses many poetic techniques to praise the Australian landscape . The main techniques or devices used are personification, alliteration, imagery and a rhyme scheme. She has used these devices to help the reader see the beautiful Australian land marks. Some examples of Mackellar’s praises or statements are ‘I love a sunburnt country,’’Sapphire misted mountains’ and ‘an opal-hearted country’. Her praises show us how she feels about the country. Mackellar uses a lot of hyperbole, she uses it to exaggerate how amazing the Australian Landscape is and how much she wants to go back. Another thing to observe
