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Gwen harwood quotes and analysis

1. women bearing women

over history due to under recognised and ankowledged history of women, we rely on each other to fulfil our legacy, and women bearing child is a strictly FEMALE act, which can not be replicated by man.

lemur breast monkey bosom

lemur breast, monkey bosom, strictly primitive, and relates a time that even in a primitive era the roles of a women were prominnet even to something of an animal, brest feeding is something only women can do

guileless milk of the word

genuine breastfeeding a genuine and honest act, only strictly being able to be done by women and the word of the lord is a response in prayer which speaks on a purity of the act, as well speak on how brest feeding can be a anguage on its own a rlanguage only child and otehr understan with such heavy connotation religion relquishes that god is a woman and subvert the meaning of the title of mother whole gave me life, because a mother is like god

falls on my father house

after all that a life lived with marvels and woners troguh love an joy there is a brutal reminder through religous connoation hat even in god house it a man that runs the show no matter how even in may get on earth.

fabric as an extended metaphor

she died while folding a little tea towel, a fabric of marvels folded up in a tiny space, thin thread bare linen face

a lamp on embroidered linen, the extended metaphor of a delicate fabric

the melting west is stripped like ice cream,

simile to present a comparison between childhood innocence and one of the greatest sporroes as a cild, whilst in adulthood encountering the harsh realities of adulthood and showing that leap on emotional maturity whihc needed to deal with such a loss but also compaing it of that of a child

melancholy and frail flowers

like her mood express her emotion harwood enquires nature to reflect the mood as through embelitc language she find the beauty around her specifically in nature as an embellished source in order to reflect the era of the romantic period while enhancing hte awareness of life through nature

to light the lamp and wooden stove as the pink and white of dusk surrendered blurring to darkness

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the notion of dark always being a period or time in life gwen harwood refers to as a time of uncertainty where all is surrounded in darkness and time of ambiguity a time when you can see in front of you a time of the unknown future, however the light and guidance that her parents provided always comforted her and allowed her to see a way through the light was pure pink white is color symbolism for youth a purity, though her future as a kid was uncertain each night since her days were controlled abt her parents.

years can not move nor can death dioriening scale,

the indentation from the memories and the second last during these lines reselble her hesitance to the accept the fact that the death is inevitable even for her protection and guidance through the guidance as well as her dissociation frmt he memory now that her parents are gone however reminiceienc is prfound mechanism with hasa lingering effct in adulthood