Thursday, October 18, 2012

For My Daughter

after reading all 3 poems i think the one i understood the most was "For My Daughter" In the beginning of the poem, the guy/girl is talking about his daughter and how she is sick. Weldon says " concealed, hinting of death she does not heed" i think he didn't know that she was dying from a sickness but the smell made him realize that something was wrong. The last two sentences of the poem Weldon says "these speculations sour in the sun. I have no daughter. I desire none. " I think he doesn't have a daughter and was just speculating what would happen if he did have one. but he doesn't desire one at all.
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  1. Miss BOctober 18, 2012 at 1:45 PM

    Interesting, but can you identify the line which reveals the smell? Remember that the poet(here Kees) is not the speaker in a poem. If the speaker doesn't have a daughter, how should we interpret the first line "Looking into my daughter's eyes..." (Kees 1)?

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