Explication
Situation
The poem "The Mother" does tell a story, but isn't a narrative. The poem does express emotions and describes a mood. Poetic Voice: The speaker of the poem is a woman who has aborted a child, partly deliberately, and is now remembering the foetus. Yes, we can trust the speaker.Throughout the poem the speaker shows signs of grief concerning the topic of abortion and its outcomes by presenting to us her point of view, memories, love, subtle triggers, and confusion. Tone: The tone of the woman is extremely complex. A dark tone—unforgiving, blameful, shameful, resentful.
Structure
Form: In this poem there are 33 lines and it is written in as a couplet. Movement: The poem develops by telling the story (cause and effect). Syntax: The poem has 18 sentences and there are complicated. Punctuation: Semi-colons, question marks, commas, question makes, and periods. The punctuation does not coincide with the end of a poetic line. There is punctuation in the middle of a line. Title: The title "The Mother" is about a mother who has experienced a number of abortions and now has remorse.
Language
Word Choice: The language is formal. I knew what all the words meant. Allusions: Abortion story in 1945 Imagery: Metaphors~ "The singers and workers that never handled the air. " & "I have heard in the voices of the wind the voices of my dim killed children."
Musical Devices
Rhyme Scheme: The rhyme occurs in a regular pattern and the effect is formal and satisfying. Very little repetition (of ideas, maybe, but not of words). Some slant rhymes—breath, deliberates—breath, deliberate. Some repetition in end—“Believe me, I loved you all./ Believe me, I knew you, though faintly, and I loved, I loved you/ All.” (31-33)
The poem tells us to always keep believing even if your road has been bumpy.
The poem "The Mother" does tell a story, but isn't a narrative. The poem does express emotions and describes a mood. Poetic Voice: The speaker of the poem is a woman who has aborted a child, partly deliberately, and is now remembering the foetus. Yes, we can trust the speaker.Throughout the poem the speaker shows signs of grief concerning the topic of abortion and its outcomes by presenting to us her point of view, memories, love, subtle triggers, and confusion. Tone: The tone of the woman is extremely complex. A dark tone—unforgiving, blameful, shameful, resentful.
Structure
Form: In this poem there are 33 lines and it is written in as a couplet. Movement: The poem develops by telling the story (cause and effect). Syntax: The poem has 18 sentences and there are complicated. Punctuation: Semi-colons, question marks, commas, question makes, and periods. The punctuation does not coincide with the end of a poetic line. There is punctuation in the middle of a line. Title: The title "The Mother" is about a mother who has experienced a number of abortions and now has remorse.
Language
Word Choice: The language is formal. I knew what all the words meant. Allusions: Abortion story in 1945 Imagery: Metaphors~ "The singers and workers that never handled the air. " & "I have heard in the voices of the wind the voices of my dim killed children."
Musical Devices
Rhyme Scheme: The rhyme occurs in a regular pattern and the effect is formal and satisfying. Very little repetition (of ideas, maybe, but not of words). Some slant rhymes—breath, deliberates—breath, deliberate. Some repetition in end—“Believe me, I loved you all./ Believe me, I knew you, though faintly, and I loved, I loved you/ All.” (31-33)
The poem tells us to always keep believing even if your road has been bumpy.