MODULE B: GWEN HARWOOD Opportunities for an individual to develop understanding of themselves stem from the experiences attained on their journey through life. The elements which contribute to life are explored throughout Gwen Harwood’s poems‚ At Mornington and Mother Who Gave Me Life‚ where the recollection of various events are presented as influences on the individual’s perception of the continuity of life. Both poems examine the connections between people and death in relation to personal connections
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The Lion’s Bride Gwen Harwood’s work frequently focuses on woman being demoralised by society’s practices that reduce her to a lesser being. A common worldwide value that Harwood rejects as the normality in life with her poems. Harwood battles against the traditions that she believes support this downgrading by continually returning to the issue. Due to Harwood’s existence in a time where women of Australia still fought to vote and for a pay check to match a man’s‚ Harwood too displays her
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Gwen Harwood‚ An Australian poet who‚ seems to develop an imaginative‚ rich form of poetry through the use of recurring themes‚ complex language techniques and even further through the use of sophisticated structures only seen in the most prestigious of poems in the modern era. Gwen Harwood has a tendency to write poetry that is significant in all eras‚ cultures and/or societies of the world as she captures‚ and develops them into a strong universal theme that recurs strongly. These themes seem to
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play ‘Away’ by Michael Gow as well as the Poem ‘Sail Through Your Emotions‚ Don’t Sink’ by Bashyam Narayanan and The Film ‘Into the wild’ by Sean Penn all display the concept of the physical journey through their use of dialogue‚ language‚ structure and theme. These texts show how the physical journey affects the travellers and causes a change in them. Set in the post-war period in the Australian summer‚ where society was concerned with Vietnam and other international conflicts‚ ‘Away’ revolves
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In Gwen Harwood ’s poetry‚ the changes in an individual ’s perspective and attitudes towards situations‚ surroundings and‚ therefore transformations in themselves‚ are brought on by external influences‚ usually in the form of a person or an event. These changes are either results of a dramatic realisation‚ as seen with shattering of a child ’s hopes in The Glass Jar‚ or a melancholy and gradual process‚ where a series of not so obvious discoveries produces similar reformation. An example of the later
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Gwen Harwood (maiden name Gwen Foster) * 1920 – 1995 * Australian Poet * Mother of author John Harwood * 420 works * 386 Poems * 13 Librettos EARLY LIFE Born in Tarringa‚ Queensland. Brought up in Brisbane. She attended Brisbane Girls Grammar School and was an organist at All Saints Church when she was young. She completed a music teacher’s diploma‚ and also worked as a typist at the War Damage Commission from 1942. PERSONAL LIFE Gwen moved to Tasmania after her marriage
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The poetry of the revered Gwen Harwood is demonstrative of time enduring ideas that thereby craft her work memorable and durable irrespective of time and place. This premise derives from the principle concern of Harwood’s writings; an examination of the nature of human existence and all of its many constituents. Harwood’s poetry thus pertains to the internally triggered or inherent component of the values and attitudes of the individual. Dictated by the fundamental conditions of the human psyche
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HSC Preparation Gwen Harwood Poetry “The Violets”: Maturation and Growth: In “The Violets‚” the persona experiences a transition from childhood innocence to experience‚ sparking the process of maturation. This idea of childhood innocence is a Romantic ideal‚ and the process of growth that one experiences from this state of innocence to adulthood takes place when the persona learns about the inevitability of time. The dialogue‚ “Where’s morning gone?” is representative of this realisation‚ with
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EXTENDED RESPONSE: Gwen Harwood “In your view‚ how has textural integrity been achieved in Harwood’s works. Support your view with detailed reference to at least two of the poems set for study‚ evaluating the structure and poetic techniques” Through the mastery of the unique structure‚ style‚ and coherent textural integrity of her work‚ Gwen Harwood is widely acknowledged as a ______ poet. Harwood engages the audience personally though the highly personal‚ yet detached tone and language‚ thus
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Memory is used as a powerful conduit into the past; childhood experiences held in the subconscious illuminate an adult’s perception. Harwood uses tense shifts throughout her poetry to emphasise and indicate the interweaving and connection the past and the present hold. By allowing this examination of the childhood memories‚ Harwood identifies that their significance is that of an everlasting memory that will dominate over time’s continuity and the inevitability of death. Three poems written by
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