In "The Widower in the country", change is conveyed in many ways. The poem shows that change can bring a life of isolation and loneliness. The poem also shows how change is not always embraced and how we should not lead a life with a lack of change. The title of the poem, the widower in the country immediately gives the reader the impression of an individual in a vast area. This lets the readers …showed first 75 words of 782 total…

…showed last 75 words of 782 total…only a possum ski-ing down the iron roof" follows it. The widower has lost all hope as he cannot even dream and has nothing positive to look forward to, not even in his dreams. The poem ends with its only positive image "little moonlit claws". With uses of imagery, personification, paradox, assonance and cumulative listing, Les Murray's "The Widower in the Country" clearly shows how change can lead to a life of isolation and loneliness.