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 …showed first 75 words of 2401 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2401 total…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.