Gwen Harwood
In your view, how have poetic techniques been used to reveal memorable ideas in Harwood’s poetry? |
How does Gwen Harwood reveal her reminiscences through poetic techniques?
A verbal, artistic, literary work called ‘poetry’ is designed to give intensity, beauty and the portrayal of feelings within a poet’s initial idea. It is a suggested beauty designed to create passion through experiences, ideas, and emotions in a vivid and imaginative way. ‘Gwen Harwood’ uses poetry to pronounce her personal experiences, expressing them through themes such as; Life and death, Making the ordinary extraordinary and Relationships. Sound and rhythmic language choices are used to evoke an emotional response from the audience conveying memorable ideas that become apparent within the verbal composition. Techniques demonstrate and signify the poet’s philosophies of her time, through the expressional texts ‘At Mornington’, ‘Mother who gave me life’, and ‘Triste, Triste’. Harwood attracts critics and a vast range of audiences that interpret her intense, visionary interpretation of the subject at heart.
In the poem ‘At Mornington’ the elements of the past, present and future are used through the images of water and natural elements - which are consistently shown throughout Harwood’s poetry – which assist in her elemental theme of making the ordinary extraordinary. The poem is written in first person narration with changing tenses that is set in a conversational, reflective and contemplative tone suggesting the passing of time and gaining of wisdom. The natural element of ocean waters is used as imagery and Harwood uses the representation of waves as an important element, symbolizing the time and flow of memories; linking the past and present. The influxes are continuous and pending into life with a repetition ‘the next wave, the next wave’ as a representation of flooding memories. The textual integrity within the use of natural elements is consistent and strong throughout the
How does Gwen Harwood reveal her reminiscences through poetic techniques?
A verbal, artistic, literary work called ‘poetry’ is designed to give intensity, beauty and the portrayal of feelings within a poet’s initial idea. It is a suggested beauty designed to create passion through experiences, ideas, and emotions in a vivid and imaginative way. ‘Gwen Harwood’ uses poetry to pronounce her personal experiences, expressing them through themes such as; Life and death, Making the ordinary extraordinary and Relationships. Sound and rhythmic language choices are used to evoke an emotional response from the audience conveying memorable ideas that become apparent within the verbal composition. Techniques demonstrate and signify the poet’s philosophies of her time, through the expressional texts ‘At Mornington’, ‘Mother who gave me life’, and ‘Triste, Triste’. Harwood attracts critics and a vast range of audiences that interpret her intense, visionary interpretation of the subject at heart.
In the poem ‘At Mornington’ the elements of the past, present and future are used through the images of water and natural elements - which are consistently shown throughout Harwood’s poetry – which assist in her elemental theme of making the ordinary extraordinary. The poem is written in first person narration with changing tenses that is set in a conversational, reflective and contemplative tone suggesting the passing of time and gaining of wisdom. The natural element of ocean waters is used as imagery and Harwood uses the representation of waves as an important element, symbolizing the time and flow of memories; linking the past and present. The influxes are continuous and pending into life with a repetition ‘the next wave, the next wave’ as a representation of flooding memories. The textual integrity within the use of natural elements is consistent and strong throughout the