![]() They both have a tone that seems angry and frustrated like they want more out of life. I chose the poems “Daystar” and “Marks” beacause they represent two mothers struggles in just being a mom in general. Her daughter finally takes off on her bike and she’s nervous and sad but then she sees how happy her daughter is riding away and taking on the world with a bittersweet goodbye as her handkerchief like hair waves goodbye. She seems excited to see her daughter finally riding the bike in the poem, or in a bigger sense her daughter leaving home. Then, when looking at the poem To a Daughter Leaving Home the mothers language is more bittersweet. ![]() With words like “lugged,” “pouted” and sentences like “where she was nothing, pure nothing, the middle of the day” does not get any sense that she is happy being a mother or is enjoying her time in the poem “Daystar.” Her time as a mother is gloomy and doesn’t look forward to any of the joys motherhood brings, only burdens. Whereas in the poem To a Daughter Leaving Home, she’s experiencing the burden of watching her child grow and take on the world alone with the reference of her riding a bike. She can’t seem to look past the hard times and the stress that comes with motherhood in the poem Daystar. One is solely consumed with the burdens of motherhood. In these two poems I see the mothers in two very prominent stages of life. ![]() Motherhood is never easy and everyday brings a new battle and new emotions. However, I see them both being in different walks of life with different burdens and different emotions. They are both about mothers having the burdens of motherhood. Her peculiar getaway in the garage remains the only place where she can enjoy some quiet time to herself.I chose to write about the poem Daystar by Rita Dove and To a Daughter Leaving Home by Linda Pasta. This shows that her work never ends and relaxing after a long day is impossible. Also, she takes her hour break in the middle of the day unlike most people who rest in the evening. Dove uses repetition of the word “nothing” to emphasize that the mother could not survive without her hiatus from responsibility. This unusual setting reinforces the desperation of the mother for a spot where she is “nothing, pure nothing” (lines 21-22). This unappealing place in the garage remains the only way for the mother to find “a little room for thinking” (line 1). Dove’s use of diction, including words like “slumped” and lugged,” emphasizes her tiredness and inability to provide for her children without any moments of serenity. However, this odd setting symbolizes the mother’s desperation for a place to herself. Watching “the pinched armor of a vanished cricket or a floating maple leaf” (lines 6-7) seems like the opposite of a relaxing getaway. She uses “a chair behind the garage” (line 4) as a sweet escape from her tiring responsibilities. In “Daystar,” the mother is exhausted and drained from taking care of the needs of her children. She has also received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1987. She was the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. “Daystar” was written by Rita Dove who is an American poet and author.
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