As I began to read this poem, I found myself thinking back to some of my childhood experiences, and memories. As I read, I was able to imagine myself acting out Alvarez’s words. Her lyric life in this poem is clear and I am able to relate to her words. Also, right at the end of the poem, she takes what was my calm and comforting, interpretation of the poems emotion, and changes it to a form of harsh sincerity. She took what could be looked at as a childhood form of art, into a personal vendetta against her mother’s own personalities.
In showing this transition in her words, Alvarez demonstrates poignancy. In her sentence, “But I refuse with every mark to be like her, anonymous”. As I read this sentence she is so sharp and clear with what she is trying to convey, that even her use of the coma, after the word “her”, shows strict and direct emotion.
My interpretation of Alvarez’s wisdom in this poem is slightly different than those of other similar poems. I feel her wisdom is shown through her way to engage the reader by usage of a common memory or experience, and transform that into conveying a message completely different.
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