Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Taking down the laudry

What struck you about this poem? What is the basic story, in your view?
The way the mother remembers her son by looking at the blue shirt. The story is about how a mother feels when her children have grown older and moved away from the house. she wants to move to a smaller house in smaller town."This house,too, has grown large around me & full of absence"

4 comments:

  1. Very interesting, I really like this poem too!

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  2. I liked this poem. I think she talks about the house growing larger because she is lonely

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  3. I agree with your statement about the blue shirt flying away being like her children moving out. I thought the same thing.

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  4. Like you, I was confused at the beginning of the poem but toward the end I realized the meaning of it. And I compared it to parents around the world and how they feel too. So yeah your blue shirt reference was right on the spot.

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