Who?
the speaker?
Who is a mother's daughter?
The main theme is this
What is a child's loving attitude towards her mother and the care she showed her?
Places where events take place?
What is the daughters memories of childhood?
The way the speaker describes her mother is important because she
Why is because she wanted to show deep gratitude and affection?
The theme revealed through the speaker decisive use of word or phrase patterns
How is the repeated pattern of questions that list the mothers actions
The thing she can't bear to think about
What is not being alive long enough to reward her mother for taking care of her.
The reason God was mentioned in stanza 10
Why is because She felt good would not approve for her to leave her mother?
Spoken to?
What is the mother of the daughter?
Lines that indicate emotional change
what is Lines 26-27?
Poetic devices to express mother-child relationship?
What is the end of each stanza repeated "My Mother"?
The way the relationship between mother-child is important to the message
Why is because their relationship is the heart of the poem's feelings?
The way the daughter hope to reward her mother
How is by supporting her with a strong arm and help suffering?
In stanza 1, is meant to replace the word pressed
prest
would have been a realistic concern for mothers in the Victorian Age - as referenced in stanza 4
What is the death of her child?
A shift in mood
When is from nostalgic to loving?