i really liked "mother to son" because from what i got from it was a mother teaching her son a lesson to never give up even when things are down and bad. Not to turn back because just as she didnt fall then neither can he.
"For my daughter" was interesting because the narrator actually has no daughter! but instead thinks to himself what would happen if he did? Maybe she would be filled with hatred to others or become a wife to a fool? i read this about 3 times until i understood
the chimney sweeper was sad as young boys are working hard since they have nothing else or no one else. the main character has a friend named tom who he looks after. i believe that tom has a dream of them in coffins? and that an angel of some sort will come and set all the boys free and this was their way of escaping until they woke up and started working again
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Does the speaker have no daughter in "For My Daughter"? Into whose eyes is he/she looking then in the first line?
ReplyDeleteGood observation, the chimney sweepers only escape their harsh life in dreams, or as Tom's dream predicts they will completely escape in their ultimate sleep.