Woman to Child
WOMAN TO CHILD:
The poem ‘Woman to child’ written by Judith Wright, is a strong, compassionate and highly significant piece of Writing; this is evident in its close reference to the stages of pregnancy, in creating new life. This poem displays the connection and the emotions regarding pregnancy between the mother and the child in each of the four stanzas written.
There are many shifts in the tone through out each stanza. In the first stanza, when Judith writes “You who were darkness warmed my flesh where out of darkness rose the seed” this part, demonstrates the mothers thoughts about her unborn child, thus assuming that the tone is portrayed as a thoughtful moment. We see in the third stanza, the tone has changed, when Judith writes, “that mirrors still your sleeping shape, that nurtures still your crescent cell,” thus displaying a tone of relief, now that her child is near and so close to be born into her world.
The mood created throughout the poem, is seen to be positive, in such circumstances of childbirth, it can be seen as a negative experience, through other peoples eyes. However Judith has expressed the positive qualities of childbirth during the poem, for example when she says “I hold you deep within that well”.
Vivid imagery is explored during the poem, more significantly in the second stanza where it expresses the initial stages of pregnancy “All time lay rolled in me, and sense, and love that knew not its beloved,” what the mother means is that she does love her child very much, however she has not yet reached a personal level, as she has not yet met him/her. Throughout the course of the poem, the audience establishes the symbol of ‘love’, in this case towards her child, and how the stages of pregnancy lead up to the creation of new life. Judith has expressed this symbol thoroughly throughout the poem, and with a very strong connection between the mother and her child.
Diction has played a big part in Judith Wright’s poem ‘Woman to
The poem ‘Woman to child’ written by Judith Wright, is a strong, compassionate and highly significant piece of Writing; this is evident in its close reference to the stages of pregnancy, in creating new life. This poem displays the connection and the emotions regarding pregnancy between the mother and the child in each of the four stanzas written.
There are many shifts in the tone through out each stanza. In the first stanza, when Judith writes “You who were darkness warmed my flesh where out of darkness rose the seed” this part, demonstrates the mothers thoughts about her unborn child, thus assuming that the tone is portrayed as a thoughtful moment. We see in the third stanza, the tone has changed, when Judith writes, “that mirrors still your sleeping shape, that nurtures still your crescent cell,” thus displaying a tone of relief, now that her child is near and so close to be born into her world.
The mood created throughout the poem, is seen to be positive, in such circumstances of childbirth, it can be seen as a negative experience, through other peoples eyes. However Judith has expressed the positive qualities of childbirth during the poem, for example when she says “I hold you deep within that well”.
Vivid imagery is explored during the poem, more significantly in the second stanza where it expresses the initial stages of pregnancy “All time lay rolled in me, and sense, and love that knew not its beloved,” what the mother means is that she does love her child very much, however she has not yet reached a personal level, as she has not yet met him/her. Throughout the course of the poem, the audience establishes the symbol of ‘love’, in this case towards her child, and how the stages of pregnancy lead up to the creation of new life. Judith has expressed this symbol thoroughly throughout the poem, and with a very strong connection between the mother and her child.
Diction has played a big part in Judith Wright’s poem ‘Woman to