Module A Revision - Henry Lawson

TDW - "Bush all round - bush with no horizon."

Visual imagery + repetition. Emphasises endless landscape to represent physical and emotional isolation, showing how environment shapes resilience in bush culture.

TDW - "Nothing to relieve the eye."

Negative diction + imagery. The absence of visual relief symbolises monotony and hardship in bush life, reinforcing Lawson’s anti-romantic tone

TDW - “She seems contented with her lot.”

Understatement / irony. Lawson minimises suffering to highlight bush stoicism and quiet resilience.

TDW - "She rode nineteen miles for assistance, carrying the dead child."

Flashbacks + emotive imagery. Reveals past trauma to emphasise resilience and endurance.

TUBID - “I have left out the wattle because it wasn't there.”

Satire / Metafiction. Lawson rejects romanticised myths of bush culture, revealing a realistic portrayal of rural life.

TUBID - "There was no heartbroken mate."

Irony. Challenges idealised notions of bush mateship by revealing emotional detachment.

TUBID - "Unionism is stronger than creed, but liquor is stronger than unionism."

Aphorism. Highlights collective identity and solidarity among workers.

TLD - "A big, foolish, four-footed mate."

Anthropomorphism. Humanises the dog, reinforcing themes of companionship and bush mateship.

TLD - “The kitchen jumped off its piles.”

Hyperbole. Exaggeration reflects oral storytelling traditions and bush humour.

TDW - “As a girl she built the usual castles in the air.”

Metaphor. Symbolises lost dreams due to harsh reality, reshaping personal identity

TDW - “The gaunt, sun-browned bushwoman dashes from the kitchen.”

Characterisation / descriptive imagery. Presents the drover’s wife as resilient and hardened by the environment.

TUBID - “It was a very dismal funeral.”

Tone. Reinforces Lawson’s anti-romantic realism.