Summary of the Magpies by Dennis Glover

Hi my name is Kaleb and for my year 9 English we had Summarise a poem made by Dennis Glover here it is 

When Tom and Elizabeth took the farm

The bracken made their bed

and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle

The magpies said

Tom’s hand was strong to the plough

and Elizabeth’s lips were red

and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle

The magpies said

Year in year out they worked

while the pines grew overhead

and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle

The magpies said

But all the beautiful crops soon went

to the mortgage man instead

and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle

The magpies said

Elizabeth is dead now (it’s long ago)

Old Tom’s gone light in the head

and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle

The magpies said

The farm’s still there. Mortgage corporations

couldn’t give it away

and Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle

The magpies say.

I believe that this poem symbolizes time and how it can flow by you.The first paragraph shows the start of the farm and their journey where the second indicates that they have already set up life there.The third and fourth paragraph tells us that they are used to their routine.The final two paragraphs show the end of their journey and the farms new life.