10 мая 2020 г. · In this poem, the persona seems to be addressing a man who has taken a woman's son into a life of crime and gun violence.

12 янв. 2024 г. · The persona addresses a man who has taken a woman's son into a life of crime. He introduces the boy to guns. The woman recounts the relationship ...

31 янв. 2017 г. · SUMMARY. The persona in this poem is telling the story of a mother who loved her son. The mother became aware of the child's presence when ...

Оценка 2,4 (5) The poem tells the story of a Jamaican woman who becomes pregnant alone and raises her son as both mother and father. As a single parent, she dreams big for her ...

Her son was first made known to her as a sense of unease, a need to cry for little reasons and a metallic tide rising in her mouth each morning.

Оценка 5,0 (1) The poem is about a mother speaking to the man who employed her son. She had high hopes for her son and carried him full term despite being a single mother.

This poem is about a woman who "set no ceiling" on what her son could become but the boy chooses to embrace a life of crime anyway. TITLE. The title is not ...

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Опубликовано: 14 мар. 2022 г.

In this free verse poem, the story is told from a third point of view. It begins with the mother learning she is pregnant after having sickness.

The poem, in it's entirety, is a reference to the horrid, yet common situation of a single mother, struggling to raise her son in a Caribbean household.