Two poems, one theme
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The two poems under consideration both deal with a common theme: family relationships and the human condition. Both poems are the reflections of grown children recalling what they learned from a parent when they were young. In ôThe Secret Heartö by Robert P. Tristram Coffin, the man reflects on insights he gained about his fatherÆs love, and in Evelyn Tooley HuntÆs ôMy Mother Taught Me Purple,ö the woman reflects on the fact that her mother was not a role model for what she taught her daughter. Comprised of three, four-line stanzas, ôMy Mother Taught Me Purpleö uses the symbolism of two colors to express its thoughts. The two colors are the drab, gloomy, colorless gray, and the majestic, luxuriant, vibrant purple. The poemÆs setting is a poor neighborhood made up of monotonous tenement buildings. The impression of the mother is of someone who has been beaten down by the tedium and hardship of her life: ôWash-gray was her circle/The tenement her orbitö (lines 3-4). In spite of her dull life, the mother has a sense of beauty, of a life that is golden and so she tries to teach her daughter ôpurple,ö
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page)
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