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EXAMPLE: Harwood paints a discontented, disempowered image of the contemporary single mother in her poems, the woman’s “veins [that] ache” in Suburban Sonnet being reminiscent of her stagnant, unfulfilling and painful existence amongst the trappings of domesticity. 

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EXAMPLE: Harwood paints a discontented, disempowered image of the contemporary single mother in her poems, the woman’s “veins [that] ache” in Suburban Sonnet being reminiscent of her stagnant, unfulfilling and painful existence amongst the trappings of domesticity. 

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Gwen Harwood illustrates the life of a struggling mother through the use of a strong metaphor. The life of a woman, oppressed by the societal constrictions of being a typical housewife, is painted through the prose "a pot boils over", which is indicative of her shattering mental state as her emotions, which have been contained tight within her unfulfilling life style, rise beyond their limits.

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Gwen Harwood's poem "Suburban Sonnet" adopts a depressive tone through its dark imagery and use of metaphors to communicate the overwhelming burden of motherhood and the role of a housewife. The dead mouse represents her erstwhile career as a musician, suffocated by the roles of mother and wife—an idea further reinforced when the speaker’s “zest and love” are worn away by “soapy water,” symbolizing the exhausting and monotonous nature of the domestic labor imposed on women.

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As the narrator in Suburban Sonnet  “practises the fugue”, Harwood implies the impediment in obtaining agency and freedom in women and mothers, stating that “it can matter to no one now if she plays well or not”. In disapproval of the societal expectations women have been expected to comply with throughout history, the fugue from the excerpt is symbolic of the previous excitement and ambition in her life which she is presently unable to pursue. This resulted in a mundane, burdened, and tasteless lifestyle that has been separated from her past ambition and sense of adventure. Gwen Harwood criticises the expectations imposed upon women during the 1950s that lead to the limitations on women's opportunity and the inability to pursue their own ambitions and dreams.

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Hardwood's use of intriguing metaphors paints a clearer picture of the narrative and meaning of her poem. Take the quote, "Zest and Love drain out with soapy water", as an example. Her uses of the words "Zest" and "Love" indicates that this drainage of water is more than the text simply describes, but rather demonstrates the passion this mother has lost throughout her years of motherhood.

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In "Suburban Sonnet”, Harwood emphasises the emptiness our speaker feels through her own inner thoughts, seen with her “practising a fugue, though it can matter to no one now if she plays well or not.” This quote encapsulates why she feels purposeless, as she believes that her past as a musician doesn’t matter anymore, as in her mind, she failed. This can further be proved by the fact that she directly says that “once she played for Rubenstein, who yawned.” She, in her mind, failed the opportunity of a lifetime, and now has to pay the consequences for that with a life that she would deem “boring”.

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In the final paragraphs of the suburban sonnet the line "Zest and Love drain out" shows the shift of lifestyles experienced by the mother, once a former musician now a mother, depicts the bleak imaginary of bearing children and the struggles that come with it symbolising the mothers struggles as she tries to adjust to her new world, ill prepared triggering an epiphytic identity crisis. In this way Harwood challenges established social constructs of motherhood via depicting the life of a back bending mother continuing to pursue a meaningless life for the sake of her kids, Harwoods views symbolise an negative attitude as throughout the sonnet it implies the vindictive nature of disempowering women.

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From my point of view, Gwen Harwood uses the idea  of the deceased mouse stuck in the trap as an analogy for motherhood, the paper said mouse is wrapped in featuring ‘tasty dishes from stale bread’ being a representation of the speakers individuality and sense of self being engulfed by her duties as a housewife where the trap is a nod towards how traping having kids can be, and her case, how trapping it has become.

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Suburban Sonnet

Gwen Harwood participates on the idea of an overworked and overwhelmed women in an 1960s household she is oppressed by the social expectations of a good typical housewife it is seen here when she said "her veins ache" representing how depressing and painful her life is illustrated.

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As Gwen Hardwood concludes 'Suburban Sonnet', she applies a concise juxtaposition to amplify the notion of a mother with a characteristically detached role. Utilising a stark contrast of the ending stanza: "...featuring: Tasty dishes from stale bread" exalts the idea of the mother's character inherently "draining" her faint efforts and love into a 'tasty dish' for her children, a desperate attempt at concealing the hardships that take place of 'stale bread'.

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In Suburban Sonnet, the phrase 'Zest and love drain out with soapy water', Harwood applies metaphor and imagery to depict the fading emotions of the mother's passion. Comparing the emotions like enthusiams and love to something that can be washed away. As well as, the metaphor which suggests that just like how soapy water is to clean and remove like the mother's the love and passion can also be faded or washed away over time. This illustrates how Harwood is trying to convey the fact that the mother is burnt out and exhausted in her situation in the poem causing her to fall out of love and the lose the enthusiasm that she once had.

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"As she rushes to the stove

too late, a wave of nausea overpowers

subject and counter-subject." In this section from Miriam Stone's Suburban sonnet, she captures the overwhelming responsibilities and burdens of motherhood, symbolising and showcasing this as a normalised household situation. which takes precedence over her own personal life.

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"Zest and love drain out with soapy water as she scours the crusted milk." Harwood incorporates a symbolic imagery into this line by describing the current scene in the poem visually and adding, "Zest and love drain out," symbolising the character's positive emotions leaving her while she performs a task that could have been avoided had she been provided with assistance with the other issue she was managing. For the reader, the usage of symbolism to represent the character's feelings can establish a environment of

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Quotes like 'Zest and Love drain out with soapy water as she scours the crusted milk.' 'Her veins ache.' 'A wave of nausea overpowers subject and counter-subject.' tell us that the poem is about a mother who is tired of her duties and her role as a stay at home wife, however as much as it hurts she is slowly coming to accept her fate that in order for her to keep her family going she needs to keep up with this.

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Gwen Harwood early in the poem, masks a dissatisfied mother with a relatively mundane and simplistic description of her affairs. readers may interpret however makes sense although its readily comprehensible. she is a tired mother who yearns for a more fulfilling life, like her previous one. her workload consist of taking care of her children and the entirety of the household chores whilst her husband (the bread winner) works to provide for the household. Through out the poem we the readers learn that the mother was a former musician as she reminisces whilst practising her fugue. something she would've neglected in pursuit for a more domesticated lifestyle the; stereotypical housewife. Harwood emphasises her disarray when the children chatter, then scream and fight. highlighting the duality of motherhood and the expectations of what she has to endure. the sudden change between emotions with the lack of reaction from her is telling that she is currently unavailable to resolve the issue for the reason that she may have her hands full. when she does hushes them that is when the pot boils over and she is in a position with the absence of control. she is then hit with a sickening feeling due to stress and over worked, incomparable to the expectations of her giving by the society that vitalised conformity and obedience.