Description
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