Drought Year
What is the author's tone in Drought Year by Judith Wright?
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There is a sombre yet lyrical tone to the poem. The dingoes' cries within the poem also help create a kind of song, like the howls of wolves and coyotes, or the wails of whales and humans—a somewhat strange, tortured, and more importantly, dry song, wailing not sobbing.