Main Idea
“Baby,” I’ll tell her “remember your mama is a worrier but you papa is a warrior and you are the girl with small hands and big eyes who never stops asking for more.”
What main idea is represented here?
What is motherly love
“The way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline”
What literary strategy is used here?
What is personification?
This literary strategy adds to the relatable motherly tone of the poem
What is cliche?
“When they finally hand you heartbreak, slip hatred and war under your doorstep and hand you handouts on street corners of cynicism and defeat, you tell them that they really ought to meet your mother.”
What main idea is represented here?
What is resistance?
“I know that like the back of my hand”
What literary strategy is used here?
What is cliche?
This literary strategy emphasizes the need to control things
What is repeated motif of catching things with your hands?
“She’s gonna learn that his life will hit you hard, in the face, wait for you to get back up so it can kick you in the stomach.”
What main idea is represented here?
What is girl against the world?
“Your hands will always be too small to catch all the pain you want to heal”
What literary strategy is used here?
What is repeated motif?
This literary strategy gives life a more tangible meaning
What is personification?