Reflections on Mother's Words and Inner Journeys
The poetry reflects on the way the persona echoes their mother's phrases silently and the contradictory emotions felt during a journey away from home. The imagery of trains, broad vowels, and contradiction symbolize anxiety, nostalgia, and the transition to a new life. The exploration of new possibilities while holding onto the past creates a poignant narrative of growth and introspection.
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I say her phrases to myself in my head Quietly, but shallow breathing is also a symptom of anxiety or under the shallows of my breath, restful shapes moving. The day and ever. The day and ever. Paradox. The train makes moving restful. The confusion echoes the confused feelings of the persona Repetition mimics the movement of the train
Broad vowels slow reading down, echoing the slowness of the journey away from home The train this slow evening goes down England browsing for the right sky, Assonance highlighting more contradiction and confusion in the persona s feelings. Blue skies represent happiness, grey misery. too blue swapped for a cool grey. For miles I have been saying What like is it the way I say things when I think. More contradiction double negative perhaps reflects the persona s ambiguous feelings about leaving home. Nothing is silent. Nothing is not silent. What like is it. Thin, sharp vowel contrast with broad vowels at the beginning of the stanza. Convey feeling of anxiety?
More contradiction, but using contrast in a more confident and positive way. Only tonight I am happy and sad like a child Beginning of one life and end of another. Nostalgia for the world of childhood but new world offers unplumbed depths of possibility to explore who stood at the end of summer and dipped a net in a green, erotic pond. The day and ever. The day and ever. I am homesick, free, in love Nostalgia. Ready for her new life, leaving the old one behind but still a support to her. with the way my mother speaks. Repetition again emphasising that the journey is still in progress.
