Pact For A Mother And Tennager

Love poetry is conceptualised as being about two people who share a certain bond or connection, although the bond shared between family is far stronger than one shared between a couple. Poems such as ‘Mother’s Love Your Sons’, ‘Pact For A Mother And Tennager’ and love poem explore this theme but between a parent and their child were as the poem this is how things are shows us the conflict between a family.

The poem How Things Are by Harry Crickets is about a mother trying to convince her husband that if he leaves their family, the chances are he will lose their kids. The repetition of the line “this is how things are” emphasises the harsh reality of leaving the family not ending happily for both the father and mother. The reason for the

The poem is about the mother talking to her daughter about an argument they had while she sleeps. She explains if she was a lover or a husband, she would have “thrown them out” or would of had “a bitter sweet reconciliation”. But since she was her daughter, she will learn to forget and continue their relationship and journey the way it was. The message of unconditional love between a mother and daughter ties into the overarching theme of family members having the strongest connections. The poet's use of literal language helps give the poem a sense of realism and depth. The line “But as you are my child, I watch you sleep tangled in bedsheets and tear stains, and try to plan the shortest way out of town”, is a prime example of depth in the poem. Another text which has similar ideas of unconditional love is the poem Mother love your

The poem is riddled with similes and metaphors to help give the reader a better understanding of how fast the child is growing in the eyes of the mother. The line, “Your bright clothes glowed Golden as the leaves” is used during the start of the poem, followed by “And happiness shines on you Like the sun on daisies” shortly after. Towards the end of the poem, the parent states that her child “wears Autumn like a silk dress.” We as the audience can make the assumption from these lines that the mother is comparing her daughter's appearance to current season. The compliments she gives to her daughter regarding her appearance are in Chronological order of the seasons, starting from Spring, to Summer then Autumn. The poet uses the theme of families having the closest connections and implements it in a poem which is far more light hearted compared to poems such as Pact for a mother and a teenager and how things are. The poem consists more of figurative Language due the amount of times the poet uses metaphors to emphasise the message, which is about how fast children tend to grow in the eyes of a parent. This message impacts parents by making them more aware of the fact that their children will grow more faster than they expect and how they should acknowledge cherish each moment there with