In The Park written by Gwen Harwood, was originally written under a male pen name. The poem represents the idea of ​​changing identity due to certain circumstances, as well as challenging common ideas, paradigms, values ​​and beliefs commonly held among mothers in today's society. Harwood wrote the poem with relatively simple composition techniques but it provides quite a big impact that helps give a glimpse into the life of a mother or nurse who carries the burden of children. The title of the poem "In The Park" immediately gives us an image of the geographical landscape in which the poem is set and from further analysis, the poem is written in a sonnet structure where its 14 lines are divided into two parts of 8 verses and 6 verses with a break in between. Although we normally associate sonnets with romantic love poems, with this poem the scenario is different as it is slightly ironic as it challenges us by trying to show the negative effects of love where the woman's life has been destroyed basically because of children and how love is no longer present in his life. The "woman" of the poem does not have a specific identity and this helps us even more to see the situation in which the woman lives, the loss of her own identity. Questions begin to arise and we wonder if Harwood uses this character to portray her point of view on every woman who enters the motherhood stage, where a lot of sacrifice is needed given the identity that was present in society before children. The first 4 lines is in fact set in the park and Harwood has cleverly chosen the park as the setting of the poem as many people see the park as a banal and boring place. Our assumptions about the park as a scene are normally... middle of paper... the lover is in control, the woman is in a totally opposite situation and the conversation has reached the limit and the ex- lover is asked to leave subtly but quickly with a "farewell smile". The final lines give us a better understanding of his situation, in which his life has been devoured by children. While breastfeeding the youngest child, who sits staring at her feet, she whispers the words “They ate me alive” into the wind. A hyperbolic statement that symbolizes the entrapment she is experiencing in the depressing world of motherhood. These last words sum up his feeling of helplessness and emptiness. His identity is destroyed in a way because of his children. We assume that change is always positive and for the greater good, but Harwood's poem challenges the fact that incorporating change is bad as the woman gained something but lost so much in return.