Wednesday 16 September 2009

In the poem "Same Song" by Pat Mora, what does the title mean? Does the title just mean that even though the son and daughter are different, they...

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interpretation of this poem's title is a sound one, and is supported by the poem's final word,
"too." The poem is divided into two sections: one focusing on the speaker's daughter
and her concerns about her appearance, and the second focusing on the speaker's son and his
similar concerns. Although the two sections are divided, that final word, "too,"
unites themit is the note on which the speaker leaves us, and it resonates in conjunction with
the title. The girl's experience is, in many ways, different from the boy's: they are concerned
about superficially different things, but there is a sameness in their self-criticism that is
far greater than these differences. The girl's daily makeup ritual may look different to the
boy's weight-lifting and jogging, but both are fundamentally the same thing, "the same
song" of a teenage desire to improve what they see in the mirror, something that makes both
of them "frown."

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