The Mother
Title: The Mother
Category: Law & Government / Government & Politics
Details: Words: 461 | Pages: 2.0 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Mother
Abortion is defined as a premature birth occurring before the fetus can survive; an induced expulsion of a fetus. "The Mother," a poem written by Gwendolyn Brooks looks at abortion from a different point of view. This is a poem that deals with the sequence of emotions that a woman may go through after she has had an abortion. The images of the typical children events go through her mind. This woman, the mother, is …showed first 75 words of 461 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 461 total…habits that people usually wouldn't pay any attention, "You will never wind up the sucking-thumb or scuttle off ghosts that come." In the end she does pledge her love for her dead children, even though she admits she knew them "faintly." She is a regretful mother that understands her mistakes and knows that she has committed a crime against herself as well as against her children. She is an example of many modern day females.
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