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On Gwen Harwood’s poems (themes, poetic techniques, commentaries, essays)

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Many of Gwen Harwood’s poems celebrate womanhood and the multiple roles associated with the feminine. Using a variety of pseudonyms, Harwood challenges post-war stereotypes pertaining to the feminine and explores their strengths and hardships from numerous perspectives. In her poetry, Harwood explores her interest in philosophy, her passion for Ludwig Wittgenstein, her horror at the dispossession of the First Nations people, and her first-hand experience of the heat in Hobart.

This 37-page Resource Package comprises commentaries on 6 poems, a thematic overview of a range of poems, essay plans, models and paragraphs and analytical style sentences modelling poetic terminology.

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Our 37-page Resource Package on Gwen Harwood’s poems comprises:

Commentary-style analysis of six poems

  • Heatwave, North Hobart: a commentary plan
  • A Kitchen Poem
  • Iris
  • Evening, Oyster Cove
  • Burning Sappho,
  • Return of the Native

A thematic overview of Gwen Harwood’s poetry

  • The Violets, Autumn, The Twins, Barn Owl, Religious Instruction, Nightfall, Father and Child, The Secret Life of Frogs, The Spelling Prize, Class of 1927, Slate, Mother Who Gave Me Life, Suburban Sonnet, Bone Scan, In the Park

Essays, plans and sample paragraphs

  • Gwen Harwood employs a range of poetic devices when exploring the themes of aging and mortality.
  • “We outlive so many loves.” In what ways do Harwood’s poems explore death and grieving?
  • Gwen Harwood suggests that human existence is a struggle. To what extent is this true?
  • A cluster of themes in Harwood’s poetry

Poetic Language and quotations

  • Analytical sentence models: poetic codes and conventions
  • Quotes: Rules for Quotations

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