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Grieving Mothers

The loss of a child can have dramatic effects on the mother regardless of the situation of the death. Grieving is a natural part of death but can be misconstrued by the actions of the griever. How would you grieve if you lost a child? In the poems “ The Mother” by Gwendolyn Brooks and “Home Burial” by Robert Frost, the authors depict two situations in which mothers are grieving for their children in complex ways but through their grief they continue to hold on to the negative memories of the child’s death and therefore prolong the grieving stage.
“The Mother” is written in a first person point of view, which allows the reader to connect with the grieving mother in a direct way by being able to clearly see her thoughts about her child’s death. The first line of the poem "abortions will not let you forget," predicts that the mother is regretful of having an abortion. Since abortion is a controversial topic, this opening sentence quickly grabs......

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