to you? Is it just a block of words organised to mean a message? Or does it have some form of deeper meaning? To me‚ poetry‚ especially Gwen Harwood’s‚ is a form of communication that transcends time‚ it is a method of communicating your emotions and especially your beliefs to those of your time and to those in the future‚ in light of this‚ I truly enjoyed Gwen Harwood’s poetry‚ as it has granted me the ability to see the world through a different‚ more interesting perspective. In the literary criticism
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MODULE B: CRITICAL STUDY OF GWEN HARWOOD Through examining Gwen Harwood’s poems “Triste Triste” (1963) and “Father and Child” (1975) it becomes apparent that their enduring popularity is rooted in their exploration of issues integral in defining the human condition‚ in particular (QUESTION transience of time‚ but also the conflict between creativity and domesticity‚ the inevitability of loss of childhood innocence and the fragility of life respectively ). However; Harwood’s poems are not only
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Gwen Harwood’s poetry is very powerful for its ability to question the social conventions of its time‚ positioning the reader to see things in new ways. During the 1960’s‚ a wave of feminism swept across Australian society‚ challenging the dominant patriarchal ideologies of the time. Gwen Harwood’s poems ‘Burning Sappho’ and ‘Suburban Sonnet’ are two texts that challenge the dominant image of the happy‚ gentle‚ but ultimately subservient housewife. Instead‚ ‘Burning Sappho’ is powerful in constructing
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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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------------------------------------------------- ‘In the park’ – Gwen Harwood (page 151) Initial impressions: * First and last lines rhyme‚ middle two lines rhyme. * Generates compelling rhythm * About meeting someone form past – comparing life with past * Sense of how hard her life with children is – husbands’ decision? * Sense of loss of individuality‚ sacrifice for children especially in comparison to past life. Line 1: * ‘her clothes are out of date’ connotation –
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In the park‚ is a sonnet which was written by Gwen Harwood. The sonnet explores the concept of sacrifice by demonstrating the relationship of two individuals‚ including a woman who is bound by her responsibilities of motherhood. The perspective given about the concept is coming from two different individuals. The unidentified woman’s perspective is a reflection of her life‚ which is an emotional life journey. She is bound by her responsibilities as a mother‚ which stops her from pursuing her goals
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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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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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central characters experience articulates social and cultural traditions‚ allowing the poet to endorse or critique the naturalized values of his or her culture. In her two sonnets‚ In the Park‚ and Suburban Sonnet: Boxing Day‚ the Australian poet Gwen Harwood uses the generic conventions of poetry to construct a central persona who‚ through their voice‚ conveys the social expectations of women in 1950s suburban Australia. Both sonnets centre on a mother dealing with the everyday challenges of motherhood
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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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