Lara
Lara - meaning Summary
Nature's Sudden Vivid Arrival
The poem presents a sudden, vivid image—a galah bursting across the sky—that opens into a broader appreciation of an Australian landscape. It links that brief spectacle to the "lucky genius" of plains, salt lakes, tracks and early roads, portraying a place of fragile beauty and recurring abundance. The tone foregrounds movement and seasonal renewal: transient flashes of life that promise rain, seed and new patterns in a dry land.
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