Semester 2 Exam Yr 11 Literature Gwen Harwood Quotes

Antithesis of baby

“Deliver that child who died before birth into life.”

Structure question and answer with child

“‘Was I beautiful?’ ‘To me.’”

Tone

“From night drift to solemn ripeness? Mushroom dome? Gourd plumpness? The frog in my pot of basil?”

Bad tactile imagery

“And under my feet stones marked with demons teeth.”

Spacing and conversation

“‘Where is my grave?’ ‘In my head I suppose the hospital burnt you.’”

Visual and tactile imagery

“Fair skinned the bones of her hands would press on my shoulder blades in our long embrace.”

Paradox

“Forget me again. Had I lived no rhythm would be the same.”

Visual allusion to child in the womb

“Your head bent down to your heart eyes closed with unspeakable wisdom.”

Visual imagery

“Ah my dear I have only one picture here in my head I saw you lying still folded one moment forever.”

Simile

“Your delicate frog pale fingers spread apart as if you were playing a woodwind instrument.”