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Summary of 'Parents' by Vincent Buckley.

               Vincent Buckley is an Australian poet, critic, teacher, essayist and editor.He worked in the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War.His subject matter ranged from personal to political.                 He has written many poems and this poem 'Parents' is taken from the poetry collection "Arcady and other places". Arcady is a poetic term for Arcadia , a mountainous region of ancient Greece which is traditionally represented in literature as a place of pastoral innocence and contentment. This poem like most of the poems in the collection is about the poet's reminiscence of the trees that were in his house when he was young.                          As the title suggests the poet talks about his parents in the first few lines of the poem.He lists out the questions asked by his father regarding the work,debt and...
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Summary of "I'm Older than You, Please Listen" by A.R.D. Fairburn.

                                Arthur Rex Dugard Fairburn was born and brought up in New Zealand.Both of his parents were well versed in music and so eventually most of his poems have a musical tone.Another noteworthy feature of his poems is that they are poetic dialogues. The form of this poem has it's affectations from the open structure of Eliot's The Waste Land. This  poem is a monologue,for the poet addresses and advises the youth of his nation.                                 He begins the poem by saying that he would abruptly tell the young men to get out  of the country before it's too late and even before anyone or anything takes control over them.He then says that his country- New Zealand is like a body without any nerves i.e. he intends to say that the country[body] has no power or authority[nerves].Rather...
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Summary of "Song" by Alexander McLachlan .

                                            Alexander McLachlan, a Scottish born Canadian poet is known for his Scots dialect poetry.He is popularly known as the 'The Canadian Robert Burns'.Born in Scotland he moved to Canada as an apprentice.Much of his works reflect the homesickness of Scot immigrants.This poem"The Song" is taken from his poetry "Poems and Songs"[1871].This poem is about his decaying mother country - The England.                                              In the first stanza, the poet says that the old England is gradually corroded by the brutes just like a carcass being nibbled by the maggots.He adds that she[England] is still good at her heart i.e her ideals aren't still corrupted.He wishes that she shouldn't be the mother of slaves,by sayin...
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