I seriously don’t understand poetry.
I think the implication here is that she’s reinforcing to the little girl the idea that the man chooses whether or not something as life-changing as marriage can/will occur, and that a woman is helpless to surrender to his choosing.
Based on the title, the author likely regrets reinforcing these gender norms.
I get what it’s about. I just don’t get that it’s poetry.
If you tell a child that something they want to happen is up to someone else, that child will spend the next month repeating the exact same questions in an effort to convince that adult to do the thing the child wants to happen.
The author sicced the child on the child’s uncle, leaving the uncle with no peace for at least the next whole afternoon visit with the child.
That’s pretty interesting, the child-psychology perspective hadn’t occurred to me. Nice!
Aww. Hopefully you like what I post.
I had to come back to this comment because it was rattling around in my head. I LOVE this community and what you post. Even if I don’t feel like I always “get” all of it, it 90% of the time makes me think about things, words, expression, emotions and everything mentioned a little differently. A+ contributions.
That’s great!
The biggest puzzling thing for me is that I like music and lyrics but really dislike poetry
I was scared of where this was heading for a second, and was relieved?
Thanks for sharing!
Yes it made me anxious too!
