Poetry of Judith Wright

one who can write a poem that retains its relevance throughout the years.

Judith Wright (1915 - 2000) fills both criteria and some. She is considered

by many to be the greatest female poet in Australia’s history. Nearly all of

Wright’s poems are typically Australian, she deals with Australian issues

and uses rich powerful Australian imagery. Her love of Australia, her

ancestry and the environment make her much loved by the Australian

community and this is why she is a great poet.

Wright’s best known and most loved poems deal with Australian themes

and issues, in particular those of conservation, heritage, ancestry,

environment. As well as these base issues she also deals with life issues

which affect all people such as love, death, life, birth. This coupled with

her use of different poetic devices and different styles of poem make

Wright a poet who appeals to people from all walks of life and all age

groups. One of Wright’s most attractive features is her ability to create an

and death and growth and decay. As well as accepting this as a issue of

common teqniques which is contrast. It creates the contrast between life

lands again, this is a feature which Wright likes to employ in her poetry as

ancestry and also was aware of the environment. Wright respected the

“The Graves at Mill Point” is a poem about the history of Australia, the

environmental issues. It also provides her with a link to Australia and its

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