Crime scene creates humour as it leads us to think one way and assume the opposite thing of what it actually means. This poem revolves around the idea of crime scenes but in the final line creates humour by using the phrase ''It looks like the work of a cereal killer'. The lead up to this phrase has a big effect on the humour that was created as throughout the poem the writer describes the crime scene as a massive bowl of cereal using phrases and words like “He saw the young woman from behind the …show more content…
Throughout the poem the writer describes the mysterious person with feminine and lady like characteristics by using phrases such as “her hair is as soft and black as the night, her legs are long and her body is slender”. Once again the writer completely throws of the reader’s idea as the writer reveals he was talking about a cat. This creates humour as the reader once again thinks about the many similarities between people and cats and how they had a stereotypical idea from the …show more content…
This poem also highlights the importance of colts in Australia. “And had joined the wild bush horses – he was worth a thousand pound”, just by using this line the reader understands more about past Australia and how Australians were back then since it highlights the goals they had which were the colts that were free.
The way they experience the barren Australia also add to the experience of being Australian.it represents Australian country side and bush. It shows the high country of Mount Kosciusko and describes it in detail. “He hails from Snowy River, up by Kosciusko's side, Where the hills are twice as steep and twice as rough”, this adds to the Australian experience as we typically experience city Australia but these lines clearly describe mountain and country side Australia. This gives us different taste of Australia and how it differs.
This poem adds to the experience of being Australian as it shows a different side of Australia from the city and describes goals of Australians and how they loved there lives. It showed simple Australian lives and things that were important in