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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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    gathered flowers‚ with tenderness                stroking my mother’s goldbrown hair.                Stone-curlews call from Kedron Brook. Faint scent of violets drifts in the air How has Gwen Harwood used her poem ‘The Violets’ in metaphorical terms? Explain. ‘The Violets’ by Gwen Harwood‚ illustrates a number of metaphors outlined between the differences of childhood and becoming an adult. Such metaphors counted are used within the context of the Violet flower‚ this being placed for

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    be one that reflects on her youth and reminisces on the wonderful memories she shared with her family and the feeling of protection and safety gained from them‚ others may read it differently. For example a colleague of mine proposed the idea that Harwood was now an older women‚ depressed and trying to find or remember a time in her life when she was in fact happy‚ that she is trying to escape the inevitability of death by escaping to her youth. Either way her poems offer the responder a variety of

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    judgment of this poem 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

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    English Notes Textual Integrity * Textual Integrity is consistency in form‚ language‚ and structure. * Form: is the text dedicated to being a historical text‚ or is it a mish-mash of historical and autobiographical? If it’s an autobiography‚ does it have family photos‚ family tree? * Language: relates to form. Is it objective all the way? Is it in 3rd person narration all the way? Or does it jump between objectivity and subjectivity? * Structure: is there a sense of progression?

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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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    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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    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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    The very nature of poetry as being open to interpretive readings means that the poetry of Gwen Harwood can change with time and place‚ thus exploring the social customs and ethics affecting the contemporary audience. Her poems “Father and Child” (FC) and “The Violets” (TV) both reflect her context of the 1960s and 1970s‚ a period in which social activism had a major effect on the values of the presiding culture. The poems reveal Harwood’s characteristic voice that surpasses the barriers of time and

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