Les Murray "The Burning Truck" and "Widower in the Country"

In The poems "The Burning Truck" and "Widower in the Country" Murray uses imagery, metaphors and personification to enhance the impact of the poems on the reader.
"The Burning Truck". The Poem is about war and shows how it can bring out the most primitive emotions out of people. The Poem also shows that during war time regular laws do not exist but a different set of wartime rules and the war will continue.
The Title of the Poem, The burning truck gives the reader a strong image of a truck which is on fire. …