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Here’s a simple, line-by-line explanation of Allen Curnow's poem *House and Land*:

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*"Wasn't this the site, asked the historian, / Of the original homestead?"*
The historian asks if this was the location of the first home or settlement.

*"Couldn't tell you, said the cowman; / I just live here, he said,"*
The cowman (a farm worker) replies that he doesn’t know. He just works and lives there.

*"Working for old Miss Wilson / Since the old man's been dead."*
The cowman has been working for Miss Wilson since her husband died.

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*"Moping under the bluegums / The dog trailed his chain"*
The dog moves slowly and sadly under the eucalyptus trees, dragging its chain.

*"From the privy as far as the fowlhouse / And back: to the privy again,"*
The dog moves back and forth between the outhouse and the chicken coop.

*"Feeling the stagnant afternoon / Quicken with the smell of rain."*
The slow afternoon becomes more lively with the scent of coming rain.

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*"There sat old Miss Wilson, / With her pictures on the wall,"*
Old Miss Wilson sits in her house, surrounded by family pictures on the wall.

*"The baronet uncle, mother's side, / And one she called The Hall;"*
She has a picture of her uncle, who had the title of baronet, and one of an estate she calls “The Hall.”

*"Taking tea from a silver pot / For fear the house might fall."*
She drinks tea with formality, as though keeping up appearances to prevent her world from falling apart.

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*"People in the colonies, she said, / Can't quite understand..."*
Miss Wilson comments that people in the colonies (like New Zealand) don’t fully grasp something important.

*"Why, from Waiau to the mountains / It was all father's land."*
She remembers when her father owned vast lands stretching from Waiau to the mountains.

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*"She's all of eighty said the cowman, / Down at the milling-shed."*
The cowman mentions that Miss Wilson is about eighty years old while talking to others at the milling shed.

*"I'm leaving here next winter. / Too bloody quiet, he said."*
He plans to leave because life here is too quiet and boring for him.

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*"The spirit of exile, wrote the historian, / Is strong in the people still."*
The historian notes that many people still feel disconnected or out of place here, like exiles.

*"He reminds me rather, said Miss Wilson, / Of Harriet's youngest, Will."*
Miss Wilson compares the historian to a relative named Will, perhaps implying a sense of detachment.

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*"The cowman, home from the shed, went drinking / With the rabbiter home from the hill."*
After work, the cowman drinks with a rabbit hunter who also lives nearby.

*"The sensitive nor'west afternoon / Collapsed, and the rain came;"*
The warm afternoon wind suddenly gives way to rain.

*"The dog crept into his barrel / Looking lost and lame."*
The dog crawls into his shelter, appearing sad and worn out.

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*"But you can't attribute to either / Awareness of what great gloom"*
The poem suggests that neither the cowman nor the dog understands the deep sadness surrounding the place.

*"Stands in a land of settlers / With never a soul at home."*
The final lines reflect on the emptiness settlers feel—a land settled but without a true sense of belonging.

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This poem reflects on isolation, detachment from the land, and the lingering effects of colonization. Miss Wilson represents an old-world mindset and longing for the past, while the cowman and others seem disconnected, not fully "at home" in the land they inhabit.