to find my mother‚ calling for breakfast. Laughing‚ “It will soon be night‚ you goose‚” her long hair falling down to her waist‚ she dried my tearful face as I sobbed‚ “Where’s morning gone?” and carried me downstairs to see spring violets in their loamy bed. Hungry and cross‚ I would not hold their sweetness‚ or be comforted‚ even when my father‚ whistling‚ came from work‚ but used my tears to scold the thing I could not grasp or name that‚ while I slept‚ had stolen from me those
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Gwen Harwood- Father and Child The ability of a text to be universally accepted in a range of contexts ultimately determines its textual integrity and appreciation. Gwen Harwood’s work draws from the inspiration of her context‚ her lifelong influences‚ primarily music‚ her childhood and religious beliefs. This can be identified through study of Gwen Harwood’s poem‚ "Father and Child" that is able to be appreciated in a multitude of different contexts due to its universality and textual integrity
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Gwen Harwood’s poetry endures to engage readers through its poetic treatment of loss and consolation. Gwen Harwood’s seemingly ironic simultaneous examination of the personal and the universal is regarded as holding sufficient textual integrity that it has come to resonate with a broad audience and a number of critical perspectives. This is clearly evident within her poems ‘At Mornington’ and ‘A Valediction’‚ these specific texts have a main focus on motif that once innocence is lost it cannot be
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and I were watching the premier of “Angry Boys” a mockumentary by Chris Lilley. He described the series to be a comment on "what it means to be a boy in the 21st century by putting representations of the male of the species under the microscope." To me the program sounded intellectual when in fact it consisted of a variety of comedic representations ranging from the racist “Gran”‚ a juvenile prison officer to Nathan and Daniel” identical twins (one of whom is deaf). As we sat on the lounge watching
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and Harwood’s poetry as a whole. Through a critical study of Gwen Harwood’s poetry‚ the responder’s personal response has a significant effect on their judgement towards her poetry. In The Sharpness of Death‚ Harwood explores the inexplicable link between life and death‚ as well as the value of memories in response to the inevitable passing of time. Similarly in At Mornington‚ Harwood accentuates the value of appreciating life to overpower death and the importance of memories to lessen the effects
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‘The Secret Life of Frogs’ is a poem that delves into the childhood perception of war‚ in particular World War I‚ and the experiences of their fathers. ‘The Secret Life of Frogs’ deals with the idea of misunderstandings incurred when children attempt to understand adult concepts. This is evident through the use of punning. The term ‘Frog’‚ which is frequently used throughout the poem adds amusement to the text because to the readers‚ it not only translates literally to a frog‚ but also represents
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How well a text stands up to different readings. * Aspects of the texts support a unifying theme and The Violets: Themes: * Consolation that memory provides * Examination of childhood/The value of a happy childhood/ stable family life * The triggers of memory * The Losses and gains of humanity and how it’s all part of the human experience. Memory: Trigger 1: The Violets * “frail melancholy flowers among ashes and loam” * The sense of death is introduced in the
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violets’‚ ‘A Valediction’ and ‘Sharpness of Death’ Gwen Harwood poetry deeply explores many aspects of the human experience. In ‘The Violets’ her poetry explores the passage of time. That the passing of time is inevitable and brings about loss and change. This poem explores the nature of memories and the role they play in finding solace for this loss. ‘A Valediction’ explores the importance of the balance between physical and spiritual love. Harwood explores the nature of both form of love and how
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Poetry can provide the reader with an insight into human behavior and relationships‚ utilizing various poetic techniques to achieve this. Two poems‚ An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow by Les Murray and In the Park by Gwen Harwood‚ are examples of poems that make use of techniques to give an observation on human behavior and relationships. The two poems differ from each other in subject matter and the way they comment on human behavior. An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow deals with expression of emotion whereas
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Black Lace Fan My Mother Gave Me Eavan Bolland’s “The Black Lace Fan my Mother Gave me” from her book‚ “Outside History” (1990) gives readers the first impression that the poem is about the value of a fan that has been passed down to her. However‚ based on the title‚ the term “black lace” raises a sense of mystery and darkness as black lace is not completely see-through‚ there are spots that need to be filled in. To illustrate the value of the black lace fan‚ the speaker‚ who is unknown‚ narrates
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