Anthem and My Country

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Across
  1. 2. Paired with droughts to show extremes
  2. 5. Describes the rain like an army
  3. 10. Describes Australia in the anthem’s opening line
  4. 12. Used to show hardship and suffering
  5. 13. Language that creates vivid sensory pictures in “My Country”
  6. 16. How Mackellar describes Australia in “My Country”
  7. 18. A repeated command in the anthem
  8. 19. Who is invited to rejoice
  9. 21. A harsh climate feature in the poem
  10. 24. Love of country shown in both texts
  11. 25. Describes the blue sky
  12. 26. Rhymes with soil and refers to hard work
Down
  1. 1. The way the anthem presents Australia
  2. 3. Describes the plains in “My Country”
  3. 4. A political term used in the anthem to describe the nation
  4. 6. A technique used in the anthem to reinforce unity
  5. 7. The first word of the Australian national anthem
  6. 8. A word in the anthem meaning surrounded
  7. 9. Describes Australia’s soil and wealth
  8. 11. A key value referenced in the anthem
  9. 14. Used in “My Country” between England and Australia
  10. 15. What Australia is “girt by”
  11. 17. Paired with beauty to show duality
  12. 20. Who gets to define what Australia is
  13. 22. How Mackellar presents the Australian landscape
  14. 23. The perspective or attitude expressed in a text