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The theme of identity is featured in the poems “Summer Farm� by Norman MacCaig and “The Bay� by James K. Baxter. Both poems are set in a natural foreground and address the issues associated with the theme of identity. Through the use of various literary techniques such as parallelism, metaphor and imagery, the theme of identity is presented in both poems.

In the opening of “Summer Farm� by Norman MacCaig, the persona is in a state of thoughtlessness and presents the reader with images of life on the farm. “Straws like tame lightnings hang lie about the grass. Green as glass the water in the horse trough shines.� The minute details and descriptions of the farm are reflective of how the poet is able to perceive his external surroundings in such detail when he is in a meditative state of thoughtless observation. The clarity of the poet’s state of mind draws parallels to the shining “water in the horse trough� described in a simile to be “green as glass�.......

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