The Poetry of Gwen Harwood - Year 12 Advanced English Reading Assessment Task. "A Fire-talented Tongue" <Tab/>(R. F. Brissenden).

The Poetry of Gwen Harwood - Year 12 Advanced English Reading Assessment Task. "A Fire-talented Tongue" <Tab/>(R. F. Brissenden). Question One. Making specific reference to the lecture in its entirety, explain the significance of the first phrase of Brissenden's title - "A Fire-talented Tongue". <Tab/>Like any successful title, Brissenden's "A Fire-talented Tongue" immediately intrigues readers, who are subsequently compelled to read on, in the hope of …

…the erotic images, situations and statements in the poetry there is a persistent core of profound and possibly conflicting and not fully understood feelings". Are you referring here to a repressed memory of, perhaps "the primal scene", or simply a preoccupation with the notion? At any rate, your lecture was well received and very much appreciated, as will be any further insight you can offer. <Tab/>Yours sincerely, Miss Janet O'Leary.