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This age is significant to her because she has realized something about her father and the poem is an expression of this realization. The poem focuses on the relationship between a father and daughter. It is not clear why he was, but it might have been from the burden of another mouth to feed or from debt. She wishes that he had not been as tired as he was, showing that she cares about him and possibly feels guilty for adding to his cost of living.
The entire second verse is about their relationship with money. This suggests that it happened a long time ago, maybe when she was very young. Like this: Like Loading Subscribe via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to this site and receive notifications of new posts by email. Interesting Literature. Privacy Policy. Loading Comments Email Required Name Required Website. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Short lines convey the message of each stanza.
This may refer to death being the way to escape the troubles of this life? He taught me that telling the truth did not always mean a beating; though many of my truths must have grieved him before the end. How I miss my father! He cooked like a person dancing in a yoga meditation and craved the voluptuous sharing of good food.
Personification of truth - being something that grieves someone. She feels she disappointed her father. Notice the gentle artistic imagery. This is juxtaposed with the violence of the previous stanza. Now I look and cook just like him: my brain light; tossing this and that into the pot; seasoning none of my life the same way twice; happy to feed whoever strays my way.
He would have grown to admire the woman I've become: cooking, writing, chopping wood, staring into the fire. The act of seasoning is the addition of herbs or spices to add flavour. By using the verb in this way, Walker uses it as a symbol for excitement and spontaneous action.
Walker is adventurous and never seasons her life the same way twice, showing how tries to experience different things in life all the time Symbolises both the relaxing mindlessness of cooking, and the pleasure she feels at being like her father connotations of light Food, as a source of life, symbolises aid. Walker may use this as a reference to her activism and charity. Symbolises independence and self sufficiency in all forms. Walker is a feminist. Total views 32, On Slideshare 0.
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