In "The chimney sweeper" to my understanding the son was given away by the father. Now Im very confused with this poem! I have a question? Was the speaker dreaming? Was the father bad?
In "Mother to son" I understand this poem perfectly, the mother is the telling her son that she's been thru the worst, that nothing ha sheen easy, and in other words that even though life has been tough, she still standing, and keeps going no matter how hard the path is. She ha climb no matter how hard it has been.
In "For my daughter" in this poem I perceived that the daughter was killed, an the mother is blocked to her death, therefore thats why she dent desire any daughter. Question? Is the daughter dead? or is she just evil? did she killed her own daughter ?
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1)Was the speaker dreaming?
ReplyDeleteat one point he describes a dream of his.(lines 11-20)
2)Was the father bad?
His father left him. I don't think he's mentioned again in the story.
3)Is the daughter dead or evil?
I'm not sure, but I think you can find a way to perceive it any way you like.
4)Did she kill her own daughter?
how did you get this idea? I might be able to support your theory if you had support.
Is Tom Dacre, the boy who has the dream, also the speaker in this poem?
ReplyDeleteWhat is the mother climbing? What poetic device is being used here? Think back to the poetic device we discussed in relation to Dickinson's poem.
It takes me time to understand a poem and maybe after I've read it like 50 times i get an idea of the interpretation. Is my response close to what this poem is about?
DeleteFrom what I think I understood about "The Chimney Sweeper" the speaker talks about a boy, Tom, who might be the speaker's own child. Tom became a sweeper just like his father; the speaker was sort of bitter for his past and so he treated Tom the way he felt he was treated. I think that Tom was who had the dream that the speaker describes and it was about hope, hope of freedom.
ReplyDeleteFrances- in response to your question whether the speaker is Tom's father, I have to ask you to look at the first stanza, which as you allude to it, recounts how the speaker came to be a chimney sweeper. How old do you think the speaker is now, in the poem? Do you think any of the chimney sweepers are adults? If the speaker and Tom are father and son, why doesn't the father ever refer to Tom as his son? I see how you've arrived at your interpretation; the fact that the speaker consoles Tom could be read as the speaker is Tom's father.
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