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28 Mar 2004, 12:54 PM
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| ain't no other  HSC: 2004 Gender: Female Location: here
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8 Nov 2005, 9:46 AM  |  Gwen Harwood You can hide this advertisement by registering. heya,To those doing Gwen Harwood, anyone with info - insight - opinion - weird first impressions/interpretations on Gwen Harwood's poems? what do ya think? so far our class has done The Glass Jar, Alter Ego and Prize Giving.... 
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29 Mar 2004, 7:41 PM
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17 Dec 2004, 3:36 PM | in my opinion they are boring but the good thing is that they are so obvious and in your face, its impossible to not miss the meaning of the poem... the only problem that this brings up is if you dont go beyone the obvious, your answer is going to look like everyones in the state... like in glass jar, you might just think its about a kid trying to capture some light in a jar and scare away the boogie monsters. but look at the symbolism, particularly religious symbolism, maybe harwood was trying to say something about lost/regained faith. remember that harwood grew up with music and almost became a nun, so most of her poems have heaps of religious or musical symbolism |
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30 Mar 2004, 9:09 PM
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| Ancient Orator  HSC: 2004 Gender: Male Location: Penrith
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1 Jan 2009, 6:28 PM   | Her poems are shithouse, and seem to deal with the same subjects and use the same imagery techniques over and over. The way I see it, its a good thing she cant write any more poems . . . |
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30 Mar 2004, 9:12 PM
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1 Nov 2007, 11:50 PM | Quote:
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31 Mar 2004, 10:56 AM
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| ain't no other HSC: 2004 Gender: Female Location: here
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8 Nov 2005, 9:46 AM | hahahaha - yeah sorri ppl - i realised soon after that i'd put this thread in the wrong forum  *ahem* nice one Fire..... But i agree doing any text for HSC or anyother school based type thing (texts for yr ten etc.....) makes them suck..........no matter how good they are for eg: i liked Emma b4 doin it for Transformations now i hate it and can get through the second reading!!! 
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7 May 2004, 9:40 PM
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21 Dec 2004, 7:33 PM | i can't stand her, my school did her in year 11 and 12, as if one year of her isn't enough, they have to put us through the pain of her all over again
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8 May 2004, 9:15 PM
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| Bubblegum girl  HSC: 2004 Gender: Female Location: Somewhere between the sky and the earth
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30 Jul 2006, 7:42 PM | Gwen Harwood is alrite as a person, but the poems seem to bored me to sleep in class, as the teacher explains i slow dose off, i simply cannot pay attention to Gwen harwood's poem as they seem to be repeating the same concepts over and over again |
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26 May 2004, 6:02 PM
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20 Sep 2008, 7:58 PM | Yeah i find they all have similar tones and atmosphere etc. but im crap at poetry and all so yeah  I was wondering if anyone has any other notes on her poetry? Thanks for your input Without Wings! |
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4 Sep 2004, 10:34 AM
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| Sleeping  HSC: 2004 Gender: Female Location: Stables, Paddocks, Pens, Kennels, Cages
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25 Jul 2008, 1:34 PM | Gwen harwood IS NOT critical study material...I beleive the psychoanalysis stuff is a load of it. I dont find any links whatsoever to the poems apart from the fact that theyre based on chilehood memories. I'm pretty sure Gwen wouldve rather us read her poems and enjoyed it, rather than critically analysing it with theories which phd students are dealing with |
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22 Sep 2004, 7:43 AM
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| theres a fire in my pants  HSC: 2003 Gender: Undisclosed Location: LOOK UP
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26 Nov 2006, 12:14 AM | i gotta defend poor old gwenie here... i thought her poems were lame when i studied them last year as well but you got to remember that our interpretations of the poems are probably a little different to what harwood intended. i mean im sure when she wrote these she wasnt thinking 'hmm i wonder how i can write this to demonstrate changing self or inner journeys, so that a bunch of hsc students can analyse them and use 2 or 3 of my poems in 3 paragraphs of an essay that means nothing?'
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