The poem explores the tensions and experiences of a mother brought up in a household that geographically is in America but culturally and spiritually is still in Mexico. The looming figure of a strict father is pivotal to the narrative which is ‘spoken’ through the voice of the mother’s daughter.

A poet chooses voice or voices for a particular poem to engage the reader’s interest or reveal his or her attitude toward the subject. The voice in the poem can be the voice of the poet, voice of an imaginary person, voice of a personified object, or voice of an abstraction.

The poem’s main themes are death and loss, and memory and past. The poem has four quatrains and an ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH rhyme scheme. Nevertheless, the rhythm changes in the final quatrain to accentuate emotion and grief.

Meaning is the word referring comprehensively to the ideas expressed within the poem – the poem’s sense or message. When understanding poetry, we frequently use the words idea, theme, motif, and meaning.

All poems have a voice , which can be called a speaker (or in some case speakers, if there is more than one person speaking the poem). What effect do the speaker ‘s characteristics have on the poem?

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If a person loves to write, and more accurately writes, then they are a writer.

: a wild reckless sometimes quarrelsome person. rantipole. adjective. / ” /

The word fernweh is a combination of the words fern, meaning distance, and wehe, meaning an ache, misery or sickness. It translates to ‘far woe’ or an ache to explore far-flung places. It’s the opposite of heimweh (homesickness), and it’s a pain many of us are feeling now more than ever.

: one who studies and collects phonograph records or CDs.

talking too much, or saying things that should not be said: They didn’t like him – they thought he was opinionated and gobby.

informal British. (of a person) tending to talk too loudly and in a blunt or opinionated way. More example sentences. ‘a gobby Glaswegian’

Gobby Synonyms – WordHippo Thesaurus….What is another word for gobby?

one who loves horses.

Heliophile. A lover of the sun.

Avenoir: The Desire To See Memories In Advance.

Avenoir (noun)*: The desire that memory could flow backward. We take it for granted that life moves forward.