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The Shakedown on the Floor

by Henry Lawson

In this poem, Henry Lawson captures the loneliness and isolation of life in the Australian bush. The speaker is a swagman, or itinerant worker, who is forced to sleep on the floor of a shearing shed. He is surrounded by the noise of the wind and the rain, and he feels like he is the only person in the world. The poem is full of Lawson's characteristic realism and compassion. It is a reminder of the harsh realities of life for many people in Australia at the time. However, it is also a celebration of the resilience of the human spirit.

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Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson was an Australian writer and bush poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial...

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