The Magpies
By Denis Glover
By Denis Glover
1. ‘The bracken made their beds’
It means their beds were made out of bracken.
It means their beds were made out of bracken.
2. ‘Toms hand was strong to the plough
He is strongly pushing a plough.
3. ‘But all the beautiful crops soon went to the mortgage man instead’
They had to give their crops that they grew to the mortgage man to keep their farm.
4.’Old toms gone light in the head’
His brain isn't working very well and he's forgetting lots of things.
5.’The farms still their. Mortgage corporation couldn't give it away’
The mortgage corporation couldn't give it away because it doesn't have any value and no one wanted it.
