Judith Beveridge is a proponent poet whose poems portray moral values and meanings which are essential elements for the Australian anthology. Two of her poems "Domesticity of giraffes" and "Fox in a tree stump" express these elements by clarifying the value of life, exploring humanity's relationship with animals and raising the issue of inequality between men and women. Therefore, "Domesticity of giraffes" and "Fox in a tree stump" are worthy of inclusion of the Australian anthology.

The two poems clarify the value of life. The enclosure where the giraffe lives in "Domesticity of giraffes" is a metaphor for "no life" as her life is very lonely and restricted. On the other hand, her natural habitat is a metaphor for "life", as is identified in "she could be a big slim bird just before flight", essentially meaning freedom. In writing about how the child prayed not to waken another...