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    So we ask ourselves‚ how does poetry gain its power? To answer this question‚ we examine the work of poets Harwood and Plath. ‘The Glass Jar’‚ composed by Gwen Harwood portrays its message through the emotions of a young child‚ while the poem ‘Ariel’‚ written by Sylvia Plath‚ makes effective use of emotions to convey artistic creativity and inspiration. Through my personal reading of Harwood’s poem ‘The Glass Jar’‚ I view it as an examination of maturation – the inevitable change driven by painful

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    ‘The Secret Life of Frogs’ is a poem that delves into the childhood perception of war‚ in particular World War I‚ and the experiences of their fathers. ‘The Secret Life of Frogs’ deals with the idea of misunderstandings incurred when children attempt to understand adult concepts. This is evident through the use of punning. The term ‘Frog’‚ which is frequently used throughout the poem adds amusement to the text because to the readers‚ it not only translates literally to a frog‚ but also represents

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    Self Essay How do composers use texts to explore concepts of Changing Self? Discuss ideas and techniques. In Gwen Harwood’s poems Prize-Giving and The Glass Jar‚ the prescribed text Sky-High‚ and the novel White Teeth by Zadie Smith‚ the composer have used many varying ideas and techniques to investigate and illustrate concepts of Changing Self effectively. The ideas looked at in Gwen Harwood’s poetry include imagery‚ retrospect‚ metaphor‚ and inversion of the connotation of adjectives. Ideas conveyed

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    large variety of reasons‚ but itself it was the primary cause of creation of the suburban ideal. The progression of the dissatisfaction with the urban into the suburban ideal and of the suburban ideal into a tangible thing is quite logical. Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States by Kenneth T. Jackson‚ he illustrates this progression of the suburban ideal and thus supports the idea that the suburban depends on the urban. An urban area can be defined as a city center‚ or as a

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    What themes and ideas does Gwen Harwood explore in her poetry and how does she communicate her ideas to the reader Gwen Harwood poems such as The Glass Jar and Prize-Giving illuminate concerns fundamental to human experience including life‚ death‚ spirituality and human fall from innocence explored abstractly through the prism of childhood experience. The use of binary opposites‚ metaphors‚ similes‚ musical motifs and biblical allusions allow for a multiplicity of responses and readings highlighting

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    reuse of suburban shopping centers. Introduction: The Australian urban landscape is largely defined by people who live in the suburbs and work in the city. This spatial polarisation is only successful when people can commute efficiently between work and home. The problem occurs when you encounter a long commute from the outer suburbs on heavily congested motorways. This separation between work and home creates a range

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    Suburban Segregation

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    the conflicts between races in suburban communities after World War 2. After the war‚ many people sought to start new lives‚ move out of busy‚ crowded cities‚ and settle into comfortable places of their own. They strove for homes and property that they could be proud of and a safe environment to raise families in. Contrary to popular belief that segregation would be eliminated between whites and blacks after the battle for democracy overseas‚ the majority of suburban communities were still segregated

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    the specific detail of construction of a literary text. Discuss with reference to one or more works you have studied.’ Australian poet Gwen Harwood was renowned for her strongly opinionated approach towards the subjects of her poetry. Harwood’s poetry often reflects her own experiences of the arrogant injustice of Australian culture in the 1950s and 60s. Harwood personally felt the harsh discrimination of Australia at the time‚ after being rejected for publication due to editors with prejudiced views

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    Problem Statement Harwood Medical Instruments PLC (HMI) manufactures specialty medical instruments. The incentive compensation scheme was based solely on operating profit and did not take into account any other key performance indicators. HMI instituted a new bonus plan that takes into an account a more balanced scorecard approach and is based on operating profit and other key performance indicators. The problem in this case is whether the new bonus system is successful and whether it is the most

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    Suburban communities began at the turn of the century as affluent families sought refuge from “densely packed neighborhoods of the industrial cities (Judd and Swanstrom 2015‚ 136). “The great migration” of southern Blacks‚ and poverty stricken Appalachian White families flooded the industrial cities of the north. At the same time Mexican immigrant also filtered into the Southwest in large number‚ fueling an anti-immigrant backlash. The early days of suburban development can be credited to the street

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