The Whipping By Robert Hayden

The poem that really stood out to me was "The Whipping" by Robert Hayden I chose this poem because I can relate to the vision the author is trying to make us see. He's trying to tell us the feeling the mom had. She might have had a lot of grudges against her own son because in the last stanza it states "And the woman leans muttering against a tree, exhausted, purged- avenged, in part for lifelong hidings she has had to bear" she has been mad at him and has been holding back on unleashing all her anger on him. She was seeking revenge on something he did in the past that she has been holding on to.
This poem stood out to me because when I was in grade school I had friend that would always be in trouble in school and would always be doing bad