In The Park by Gwen Harwood

This poem mainly represents the idea of changing identity because of circumstance. The woman in the poem is being destroyed by the birth of her three children. She is no longer a lively, interesting woman. She has changed to someone who only lives because of her children, and her life revolves around that factor. Her previous life, represented by her ex-boyfriend, has been lost in amongst her new role as a mother, and she has …

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