How does the poet present strong ideas and feelings in 'To A Daughter Leaving Home' (unseen poem)

The speaker evidently feels that her daughter is growing up very fast and uncontrollably, through the lack of punctuation, caesura, and the almost continue use of enjambment throughout the poem. This lack of punctuation and pauses in the reading of the poem makes the reader read very fast, as they are not stopped or slowed by commas, and almost find it difficult to read. This feeling is synonymous with that of the speaker, the sense of time going by uncontrollably, and not being able to stop it, or subsequently the growth and maturity of her daughter. I would add to this that perhaps the lack of punctuation could be significant in its similarities to a child's way of writing, presenting the interpretation to the reader that the speaker wishes her daughter to remain forever in her childlike state and perhaps never grow up.

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Answered by Jessica C. English tutor

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