Kay's Poem: An Analysis Of The Wonder Woman

The children are unnoticed by others and the mother is the only one that is protecting them. This poem shows the hard times that the mother must face because her children have died. However the mother is coping with them while still protecting her children after they have died, This is the mother's way of coping because she is not yet ready to let go of her children and still wants to care for them. This poem shows this through nature by portraying the mother as a bird who is protecting her nest. Also the poem uses nature by describing the harsh times as a winter wind that has caused harm to the mother and her children.

Through the use of contextual figurative language the reader is capable of comprehending how it affects the tone of the poem. The reader is able to visualize the pain and conflict endured. According to line 7 the speaker describes moments of her life as being,

In the last stanza of the poem, this is a realization of the poem where a schoolgirl who is hiding underneath her desk understands the meaning of death, grief, and sadness unlike the society around her. When the schoolgirl says

Any parent wants for his/her child to succeed in life and often he/she is able to sacrifice everything for that. Even an uneducated mother has in her the desire to see their child happy, and she is able to sacrifice herself. The mother in our poem encourages her child not to give up, not to stop no matter how hard will be, despite all the challenges of life, “So, boy, don’t you turn back. ‘Cause you finds it’s kinder hard. Don’t you fall now - “

The disjunction of the mother and her son provides the external conflict. The speaker talks about how the child is being forcefully taken away from his slave mother. For example, the speaker talks about how the “cruel hands” (21) take away the only thing that makes her “breaking heart” (24) complete. Most of the conflict can be visualized by the vivid imagery that the speaker provides. The reader is given the visual image of “the look of grief and dread” (3) in which the mother can be seen with. Also, the reader can see how the woman’s son “clings to her side” (14) because he is looking for safety beside his mother. The reader can hear the “bitter shrieks” (37) of the mother as she was dealing with the agony of the broken bond between her and her child. The sound demonstrates the suffering that slavery brings upon the mothers. There are figurative images that emphasis the idea that the descriptive imagery shows. One of the metaphors that is used is when the speaker states, “his love has been a joyous light”. This can let the reader conclude that the mother certainly needs her child in order to be content. However, with the pain of seeing her son go, the event is devastating to her. Personification is utilized in the poem by depicting that the “bitter shrieks” (37) of the mother are so full of sorrow that they “disturb the listening air”

Abuse, hatred and anger represent the main themes in this poem. The speaker clearly hates and feels anger towards her father. Her mother had taught the kids to hate him. “Taught us to take it, to hate you and take it until we pricked with her for your annihilation,” she hates her father to the extent that she and the siblings were happy about their parents separating. “When mother divorced you, we were glad”. The speaker’s mother is a victim of abuse. She had tolerated her husband and his behaviors till she divorced him. “She took it and took it, in silence, all those years”

The poem consists of one long sentence, which is made up primarily of one long sentence. This represents the different phases of the lesson, which leads into the growing up procedure. At the beginning of the poem, the daughter is hence scared to ride the bike and even “wobbled” (5); she could not maintain her balance. However, she gained her balance and the mother was in “surprise when you [she] pulled ahead down the curved path of the park” (8-10). The mother kept “waiting for the thud of your [her] crash” (11-13). Therefore, the author was waiting for her child to crash, but like in life she gained her balance on the bicycle. As the poem progresses, she grows up and becomes smaller and more breakable, which shows that she is grown up now and ready to venture off into the world. The reaction of the mother is the reaction of any mother, she is worried her daughter might crash and fail, but like all mothers they must let their daughters go. At the end of the poem, the daughter “screams with laughter” and keeps “pumping and pumping” into the distance. She is happy to finally have her “hair flapping behind you [her] like a handkerchief waving goodbye”

The entire poem encompasses the idea that the woman’s life is never ending and has its rough patches. Although it “had tacks in it” that may have tripped her up, she did not let those stand in the way of where she wanted to go in life (3). The relationship between the staircase and a person’s life can be incredibly similar to one another. A staircase may have many different twists and turns, broken boards, and run down patches that relate to a various events that happen throughout life. Just because there is a hole in the stairs, or a death in a person’s life, does not mean that one should quit living or give up on everything that they have accomplished. There may be setbacks that require time and love to heal, but there will always be hope to move on to a better life. The mother insists that her son does not turn back and give up just because his life has hit a hard spot. She never gave up hope, and she insists that he does the same. The metaphor of the staircase to one’s life, can easily relate to anyone in the world. There will always be rough patches and hard times, but everyone gets through them, and they are usually stronger in the end because of it. Life may not be an easy task, but we must learn how to survive and thrive whatever may be thrown our

The girl’s thoughts and questions constitute a whole two times in the poem. From the very beginning of the story the reader can view the remoteness in the relationship between the girl and the mother. The very first line the girl intervenes while the mother is talking saying quietly “but I don’t sing.” Some of the instructions gives to the daughter is good but some of it is not beneficial to her . In the poem, the mother gives the daughter a lot of instructions on what to do and how to do it, such as how and what to cook, how a lady should act, and what to do inside and outside the house.

Throughout the poem "To a Daughter Leaving Home", the mother speaks deeply about facing the reality of her daughter growing up and leaving home. Showing the mother raising her daughter into a beautiful young lady, to her reminiscing about the sweet moments

It is a sad poem and it makes you feel great sadness for the author because it brings you back to a time or memory you have that you were in the same position at one point in your life. After reading so many of the similes in the poem it gives you the effect of reality that she has been dealing with this issue for quite some time and can’t seem to shake her feelings. In the poem she says “Like a train off its track, toward a boarded-up station, closed for years”. This gives proof of how she is still dealing with the lingering pain. A boarded up station would have no use to a train that is on the wrong path.

The Poem portrays motherhood as monotonous and tiresome with her days mainly consisting of childcare tasks such as changing diapers. The mother in the poem feels like she has no spare time in her life. She is not able to do anything exciting or stimulating. The only moments where she feels she can do what she wants is the short time when her children are napping. The following is shown when the author uses imagery to express the women’s tiresome life. She references to “A doll slumped behind the door.” The mother is being compared to a doll, meaning that the doll has the same amount of energy as the mother. The author writes, “Other days she stared until she was assured when she closed her eyes she’d only see her own/vivid blood.” The woman

“The Author to Her Book”: As I was reading this poem I gathered several themes that I saw in Bradstreet’s poem. The themes I saw being: hate, appearance, society, and individual. The poem it self is first person as I felt like Anne was describing an event or feeling that she encountered. The tone of the story I felt was misery; Anne acted as if she was miserable in her own body. Reading the poem I felt sorrow in the character. I interpret this poem as Anne feeling less than what she really is, she was unaware of her worth due to her mother and society developing a judgment of Anne that was false throughout her childhood. I was able to make this interpretation as Anne says “My rambling brat should mother call” this was an important line in the story and was somewhat a symbol to the big picture. This stanza tells me what her mother thought of her, and that it bothered Anne. A mother’s influence has a big impact on a child and also their opinion. The

The poet shows us his point of view in raising a kid and also trying to become his best friend. We as readers are given the ability to read the mind of the father, and see through his perspective; being afraid of being separated from his son over time. Through his point of view, his nightmare and his desire are being exposed.

As I did the above summary I kept asking myself the question, “So what?” and this is what came about. I think the poem is about what Laura Tohe has gone through herself. Her experience through child birth whether she has children or not. How much pain she went through to bring new life into this world. How pure and new a baby is. And the thought of adding to a generation.