by: Nancy Lucille Taylor
Two months since that lonely day,
Mother said, "good-bye" and went away;
She left around the break of day,
Exact time, no one could say.
We longed to keep her here awhile,
She said, "Dad's waiting with a smile";
You kids, live good and come on,
We'll be waiting near God's throne.
Mother and Dad-sitting at the Gate,
Out stretched arms, longingly wait;
Where family will be complete again,
Free from all heartaches, sorrow and sin.
Copyright ©2008 Nancy Lucille Taylor
Analyze.
*Title1: comming back home.
*Paraphrase: The speaker's mother passed away(maybe after his father has already gone.(died.)) and he is thinking about them.
*Connotation: rhyme, symbol(the gate of death..heaven..?)
*Attitude: flashback (two month before), lonely
*Theme: Waiting for a complete family with no sin.
2 comments:
I think this poem is pretty straight forward. The author sort of writes the poem like if she is talking to someone. In my opinion I think the poem is written by a christiam because in the poem God was mentioned. However I like how you analyzed the poem. It helped me to understand the poem easier. I think many poems descirbes people's death to lament it. Even though this poem is talking about death, I think it isn't that said because they know they are going to be reunited.
Hello! This poem is very sad and it doesn’t have much hidden meaning, but through directly saying I could easily understand how she felt. Also the poem had a constant rhyme that it made me more emotional while I was reading this poem. It was very clear that their parents have passed away in line 8, which says “We’ll be waiting near God’s throne.” I can see how she miss her parents. In the last two lines it says “Where family will be complete again, Free from all heartaches, sorrow and sin.” Through these two lines, I have noticed that she believes she can become complete family again when she dies, because human can be free from all heartaches, sorrow and sin if they are dead. After I read this poem I felt very sad. However I enjoyed reading this poem and reading your comments. Good job!
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