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Lulu Ibrahim
11-29-2013, 06:40 PM
Girl Rising Unwanted Child

Since the day of her birth, she was not wanted.
Her mother rejected her. She was brought into
this world by a mid wife. Her mother already had
a lot of kids and didn't want anymore.

The mid wife told her - it's a beautiful little girl. The
mother said - I don't want her. You can keep her.
I don't even want to see her. The mid wife and her
husband adopted her and raised her as their own.
She would be their youngest child. They already had
eight kids.

She was loved from the beginning. They raised her,
send her to school, she graduated and went off to
college. While in collage she fell in love, but her boy
friend jilted her. Her heart was broken, but she still
went on and finished college.

After college - she went to Chicago to live with her
sister. There she met a young man, that liked her from
the start. They met in church. After a year of courtship,
they got married. They had a beautiful wedding.

They both worked hard. This was in the early 80's. They
raised 6 kids. Two are now married. She has a very important
job in a bank. They now own three buildings. She got to meet
her real mother at her mom's funneral. She asked her - why
are you crying? They weren't even your real parents.

She answered - They were the only parents that I ever knew.
She went back to Chicago and never saw her again. She lives
happy with her family. Both her parents that raised her have
now passed away....


I have to a presntation on this poem I need ur help to analyze it specially the language and the formalistic meaning please please help me :( :( My professor is a very harsh person



:bawling::bawling::bawling:

Eiseabhal
12-07-2013, 08:40 PM
A harsh person? He can't tell poetry from manure. He gave you that to analyse? Methinks someone's telling porkies.

Poetaster
12-08-2013, 07:34 AM
I googled the title of this 'poem' and found it on one of those sites designed for people to share their own writings. It shows, as it's not a very good poem - to be frank it's doggerel. I simply don't believe a teacher could set this poem to be studied: it's too easy, it hasn't what you might call a reputation, and there is very little to it. Just read the thing, it's not hard.

JBI
12-08-2013, 09:19 AM
Call your essay: when bad poetry reads like broken up bad prose. That's a start. There is no poetry in this "poem, and if I rearranged the broken lines, it would merely read like toss prose.