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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written by Gwen Harwood has a lot of social commentary and is speaking to you about a lot of things that it feels are important. It is looking to make a lot of points about Australian society and the sacrifice of having children and of living a suburban lifestyle. Gwen Harwood’s ‘Suburban Sonnet’ is a fourteen line poem with strong values of urban Australia. The poem‚ Suburban Sonnet‚ idealizes the harsh realities of an Australian housewife‚ creating sympathetic tones to the readers. Gwen Harwood
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Religion in Education: The Pledge of Allegiance Since 1892‚ our country’s expression of loyalty and nationalism has been the Pledge of Allegiance. Written by Baptist minister Francis Bellamy‚ our nation’s pledge started out being published in the September issue of The Youth’s Companion‚ the Reader’s Digest of the day. Bellamy was the chairman of a committee of state superintendents of education in the National Education Association‚ and as such was in charge of planning a Columbus Day ceremony
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your ability to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at any moment is almost assumed. It is a declaration of loyalty engraved in the minds of American youth. Nearly all children in the United States today know the Pledge of Allegiance by heart‚ but a far less percentage actually understand the words they are saying‚ and even those students are not guaranteed to believe the words that they are reciting. The writer of the oath himself‚ Francis Bellamy‚ said that the Pledge of Allegiance “has been pounding
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Written in September 1892‚ the Pledge if Allegiance was meant for the 400th anniversary of Columbus’s arrival to the New World. It was created by Francis Bellamy. It originally read: I pledge allegiance to my flag and to the republic for which it stands is‚ one nation‚ indivisible‚ with liberty and justice for all. Years later in 1954‚ the words "under God" added after the words "one nation". Many people have gotten into this issue‚ because it’s important to have access to freedom of speech and freedom
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Students explore the ideas in Gwen Harwood’s poetry through analysing its construction‚ content and language. They research others’ perspectives of the poems and test these against their own understanding and interpretation of the text. Question: In your view‚ how have poetic techniques been used to reveal memorable ideas in Harwood’s poetry? Poetry is an expression of emotions. Communication of time and relationships are conveyed through many of the poems composed by Gwen Harwood. Factors contributing
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Oscar Wilde and His Dandies ——Taking The Importance of Being Earnest as example Abstract: Oscar Wilde (1854---1900) was the outstanding playwright‚ novelist‚ essayist‚ and poet at the end of 19th century. He devoted himself to the “Art for Art’s Sake” movement‚ and had influenced the British literary field for the whole century. One of his most distinguishing writing features is dandies in his works. This article here‚ divided into three parts‚ introduces and analyzes the truth of the Wildean
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Novelist and poet Oscar Wilde was one of the most talented and controversial writers of the philosophical Victorian Era who was better known for his scandalous bohemian life style than his literary work. Because of Wilde’s “gross indecency” ("Oscar Wilde Biography")‚ literary critics and society during this literary philosophical period‚ were often unenthusiastic and even hostile towards his work. Wilde established himself in artistic and prestigious circles by his flamboyance and quick wit‚ though
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The pledge of Allegiance should not be said in schools; or at least not every day. The monotony of repetition dulls true impact of the pledge‚ and the words stop being anything besides a day-to-day annoyance. The Pledge is exactly that; a promise. In reciting it as a routine it loses its meaning. To “pledge” something is to make a solemn promise. Most students I know use the time set aside for the pledge to screw off. No promises there‚ let alone solemnness. They don’t care as they solemnly
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