《essay about aus voice》安静如疯

3、第 3 章

　　In poem ‘cobar july 1993’, lots of descriptive words are used to form noun groups such as “veined rugged copper hands”, “difficult unbending boots”. These noun groups create the vivid images of life in an Australian outback town, with extreme summer temperature and semi-desert climate. Also, the present participle such as “walking”, “smoking”, “pissing” are used to convey the idea that these activities have been occurring for a long time and are continuing to occur. The life in here is little change.
　　From the words “durable waitresses”, “brawny cake stall ladies”, the stereotype of women of cobar is presented. They are strong, hard working and very supportive of their men folk. There is a big different between them and the woman Komnios describes in ‘back to melbourne’. A voice of different Australian lives is presented in these two poems.