Brigit Pegeen Kelly

apathetic than even attempt to push themselves. It is essential that we have the dedication, fortitude and courage to regain the confidence to at least attempt a challenge or alter it to make it more beneficial to ourselves. The “The Leaving” by Brigit Pegeen Kelly is a poem that depicts a young girl whose actions are influenced by a challenge insinuated by her father. The girl competes with the physical limitations her father placed on her in order to prove her worth to him and to herself. She exclaims

resonate with their desires for growth and self-fulfillment. Externally, there is the influence of the people around us, like friends and family, that acts as a framework for the standards necessary in order to succeed. This idea is explored in Brigit Pegeen Kelly’s poem “The Leaving,” in which the narrator’s journey through an orchard at night pushes her to form a profound

people’s ambition to have improvements and to prove their worthiness enhanced. However, there are people decided to coward and escape from the reality whereas there are people embraced the trouble and move forward. The poem “ The Leaving” by Brigit pegeen Kelly reveals an optimistic girl that determined to prove her ability, and to against her father’s discouraging comment. Owing to her father’s thought of being too weak to accomplish