Many artists, poets and writers alike over the years have attempted to encapsulate an image of Australia in their works. Two of the most famous Australian works - Max Dupain's "Sunbather" and Dorothea Mackellar's "My Country" have achieved this in differing, yet equally effective ways. They have done this through a number of ways such as emphasizing the relationships between the author, responder and context and using language forms and features which shape its meaning …showed first 75 words of 1048 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1048 total…descriptive language, imagery and repetition. This view is heavily emotive and involves the responder in a variety of ways. Max Dupain's - "Sunbather" and Dorothea Mackellar's - "My Country" are two texts that have effectively conveyed visions of Australia through many means such as relations between composer, context and responder and using a variety of language forms and features (such as repetition, alliteration and emotive language) to achieve this in differing, yet equally powerful ways.