Bruce Dawe feels strongly drawn to comment on what he would regard as the social evils of this day.Respond to this statement, referring to at least THREE poems you have studied this year.

Bruce Dawe is an Australian poet who often writes about the social evils of today. He expresses strong emotions and morals, through his poetry, on current issues of the society, hence often leaving the reader with many unanswered questions and therefore persuading them to reconsider their values. With the aid of poetic techniques, this is particularly evident in poems such as The Not-so-good Earth, Homecoming and The Wholly Innocent.

The Not-so-good Earth, written in 1966 is a dramatic monologue in free verse and concerns the western world’s ignorance, disinterestedness and prejudices against Asian countries. Through the title of this poem, hyphenation and the use of the persona, the reader is, in turn left with several thoughts associated with this social issue.

The title itself already suggests the poem’s dominating interest as it is unambiguous that Dawe is playing with the title of the book The Good Earth, written by Pearl Buck - a novel dealing with a poor Chinese family...