What themes and ideas does Gwen Harwood explore in her poetry and how does she communicate her ideas to the reader Gwen Harwood poems such as The Glass Jar and Prize-Giving illuminate concerns fundamental to human experience including life‚ death‚ spirituality and human fall from innocence explored abstractly through the prism of childhood experience. The use of binary opposites‚ metaphors‚ similes‚ musical motifs and biblical allusions allow for a multiplicity of responses and readings highlighting
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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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Gwen Harwood (1920 – 1995): Harwood has fond memories of her childhood in Queensland which often appear in her poems. She was married in 1945 and moved to Tasmania. She began writing in her thirties to express the things that gave her life meaning. Originally she preferred pseudonyms but changed to poetry because of her growing reputation. The poetry she writes is deeply personal and presents a strong sense of identity; she also presents unusual perspectives on everyday experiences and relationships
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more works you have studied.’ Australian poet Gwen Harwood was renowned for her strongly opinionated approach towards the subjects of her poetry. Harwood’s poetry often reflects her own experiences of the arrogant injustice of Australian culture in the 1950s and 60s. Harwood personally felt the harsh discrimination of Australia at the time‚ after being rejected for publication due to editors with prejudiced views of gender and equality. Harwood’s poetry articulates what people of the time generally
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Often in poetry the technique of imagery is relied on heavily to present the reader with a visual stimulus that allows the poet to express a set of complex ideas. Poet Gwen Harwood utilises certain everyday images to illustrate the tendency of society to categorize the roles and expectations of females in the 1950’s. Some of her works such as ‘In the Park’‚ ‘Suburban Sonnet’ and ‘Dichterlibre’ draw on images of bickering children‚ household chores and tiresome motherly figures in order for the reader
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Gwen Harwood Essay Q – ‘Poetic power‚ dramatic presentation and compelling psychological insights provide the richness of her poetry. A pervading pessimism clouds her achievement.’ How valid do you find this evaluation of Gwen Harwood’s work? (3 poems) Gwen Harwood’s work is influenced by several elements; poetic power‚ dramatic presentation and psychological insights‚ each to create compelling poetry. Significantly her rich feministic‚ religious and melancholic perceptions‚ influenced by
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Gwen Harwood Essay ‘The richness of Gwen Harwood’s poetry lies in their ability to lend themselves to particular interpretations‚ reflecting different concerns and values’. Discuss INTRODUCTION The poetry of Gwen Harwood can be viewed in different interpretations reflecting different values and concern‚ but all types of variant interpretations deal with theme of change‚ where the persona in all the poems goes through a process of changing‚ being influence by different factors including time‚ trauma
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So we ask ourselves‚ how does poetry gain its power? To answer this question‚ we examine the work of poets Harwood and Plath. ‘The Glass Jar’‚ composed by Gwen Harwood portrays its message through the emotions of a young child‚ while the poem ‘Ariel’‚ written by Sylvia Plath‚ makes effective use of emotions to convey artistic creativity and inspiration. Through my personal reading of Harwood’s poem ‘The Glass Jar’‚ I view it as an examination of maturation – the inevitable change driven by painful
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Essay How do composers use texts to explore concepts of Changing Self? Discuss ideas and techniques. In Gwen Harwood’s poems Prize-Giving and The Glass Jar‚ the prescribed text Sky-High‚ and the novel White Teeth by Zadie Smith‚ the composer have used many varying ideas and techniques to investigate and illustrate concepts of Changing Self effectively. The ideas looked at in Gwen Harwood’s poetry include imagery‚ retrospect‚ metaphor‚ and inversion of the connotation of adjectives. Ideas conveyed in
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Problem Statement Harwood Medical Instruments PLC (HMI) manufactures specialty medical instruments. The incentive compensation scheme was based solely on operating profit and did not take into account any other key performance indicators. HMI instituted a new bonus plan that takes into an account a more balanced scorecard approach and is based on operating profit and other key performance indicators. The problem in this case is whether the new bonus system is successful and whether it is the most
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