Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Ave Maria by Frank O'Hara

This poem reminds me of some of the mothers that overly protect their children. Not letting them go out and play with other kids, not letting go out to the movies because they are afraid that their sons and daughters may interact with the opposite sex, or not letting them watch certain things on tv because, dear old mama is trying to protect them from reality. I really like this poem. Because it really does describe what a protective mother worry about. She worries and tries to protect them and keep them from seeing the real world because she is afraid her children will leave her. But as the poem goes, the kids will learn about what mother is sheltering them from one way or another and they will still love her. They will love her more if she lets them discover what's out there, instead of having them hate her because she basically kept them away from having a real life. Nice poem....everyone can relate it to atleast one person they know thats the same way.

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