Song of the Old Mother
- This is a woman who now she’s old must keep house for her children ‘scrub and bake and sweep‘ while they ‘lie long… in their bed‘
- Yet she was young once but now ‘I am old‘
- Uses the metaphor of seed and fire for the energy of youth while she works to keep their fires going while hers ‘gets feeble and cold.’ The young are the seed of the fire but they need nurturing. Continue reading “Poets Summaries”