Wright paired tradition with words that have negative connotations. These include “song” and “gone,” “ritual” and “useless,” “spear” and “chipped.” This may be a simple technique but it is very powerful as it illustrates to the reader how Aboriginal tools and rituals are no longer practiced. (click) Phrases such as (click) 'apple gums', 'corroboree' and 'painted bodies' are directly linked to Aboriginal people and the words that follow show the loss of these cultural ideas. The intelligent use of the metaphor of Cain, son of Adam and Eve, is effective because in the same way he killed his brother Abel, the white man killed his brothers: the aboriginal man. It is even more powerful that it is the last word of the poem because it leaves readers pondering this thought. Wright uses an accusatory yet guilty tone in Bora Ring. This tone focuses on what the settlers did in the first place, while also showing how we can still reincarnate the ways of Indigenous Australians. The last significant verse is different from the other three. It speaks to a different message about man being forgotten to allow the spirit to return. These last lines emphasize to the reader that it is necessary to realize the unity of man and to do this it is necessary to learn many lessons, mainly from the current settlers of Australia but also from the Aboriginal people