Escape
How does the speaker ultimately escape into her imagination?
The speaker is riding a wild horse that gives her freedom to explore her imagination.
How did the speakers mother restrict her freedom towards the end of the poem?
The speakers mother reduced her freedom by scolding her
How is the speaker pulled from her imagination towards the end of the poem?
Her mother is scolding her and is trying to pull her back to reality.
What Character is used to convey how Adulthood causes a loss of imagination?
Her Mother
At what stanza is the shift made back into reality?
49
How does the speaker describe herself that gives the idea she has escaped from reality?
The speaker compares herself to the horse as if they are one, specifically in stanza 39.
What might the speaker have wanted freedom from?
Social expectations, being confined, growing up
What object is the speaker's horse in real life?
A stick
What does the poem demonstrate you lose as you grow older as seen in the mother?
Imagination, freedom, creativity
what line in particular gives off the idea that she has left reality and what literary feature is it?
“My feet on the clean linoleum left ghostly toes in the hall” -imagery