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 Harwood that emphasise the idea of memory’s importance and its ability
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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 support. “The Lions Bride” is centred on the subject of marriage and entails the
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This poem was published in 1978 by Joyce Carol Oates. I chose this poem because it very much speaks about the traditional roles of men and women‚ specifically towards married men and women. We can use Gender lens to further analyze the poem. In the 70’s‚ that was the time where women are fighting for their equal rights similar to men. Now if we compare women today from the 70’s‚ we can really see a very big difference of our roles nowadays. Before‚ women who are married are expected to just stay
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In ’The Glass Jar’‚ Harwood uses the contrast between light and dark‚ good and evil through dealing with an individual’s perception of the universe and the notion of children learning through experience during the transformation from childhood innocence to adulthood. The sun is used as a symbol for security and plays the role as a saviour. Religious imagery such as “disciples” is used to express the child’s faith and belief in the “pulse of light beside his bed”. The use of the word “pulse” is significant
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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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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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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 to her success as a poet through the decades relate to her
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The poem “Father and Child” by Gwen Harwood shows Harwood’s father teaching her the concepts of life and death‚ from when she is a young child in “Barn Owl” up to when she is around forty at the time of his death in “Nightfall”‚ coming to accept the idea that life is not never-ending. In part one called “Barn Owl”; she has learnt to accept death as a component of life. The persona of the poem experiences a loss of innocence with the discovery of the tragedy of death. Before shooting the owl‚ the
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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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Sylvia Plath’s poem “Mirror” and Gwen Harwood’s poem “In the Park” explore the concept of loss diversely. Plath’s poem surrounds the distress regarding the inevitability of aging and its impact while Harwood’s poem explores how the truth cannot be hidden when faced with motherhood. In the opening verses of “Mirror‚” the narrator commences its narration by declaring itself neutral. It announces it has “no preconceptions” and without bias or emotions it will metaphorically “swallow immediately” what
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