Abigails adam

Life is full of choices, and the choice one makes determines how enjoyable life can be. In the poem “My Mother’s Abigail Adams,” the writer tells the audience how one choice could determine how enjoyable someone can make life be. Even without being popular or having the most expensive things, one can still die happy.

In the opening lines of “My Mother’s Abigail Adams,” there is imagery shown. “Somewhere I guess / my mother’s Abigails still / bloom…” (Lines 1-3) shows that the poem is literally talking about the mother’s Abigail flowers. Blooming is often related to flowers, such as roses. Abigail is capitalized because the word is a proper noun. Usually someone would just say flowers, or roses are blooming, but in this poem capitalizing the “A” shows just how important the flowers are.

In lines five and six, the speaker states “the rains come, timely, / and with forbearance” (5-6). Water is a vital resource for all living things. Without water, the mother’s Abigails would dry up and die. The speaker says that the rain comes on time, not too early and not too late. If the water wouldn’t came perfectly on time, the flower would have either too much or too little water, causing it to die. The rain also had self-control. Being too forceful on the flower could damage or kill it.

The speaker shows in lines eight and nine that the mother passes. “And time’s silent passing over / your grave near the pasture / and its barb wire” (8-10) portrays the fact the mother is dead and her grave is by a pasture. Pastures typically can grow any flowers, which means the mothers grave is close to her favorite flower, Abigails. Flowers and farm animals are usually associated with pastures, because the animals like the flowers in the pasture. The barbed...

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... lines twenty five through twenty seven, the narrator states Now you are gone, / unreachable, nothing left / but your legacy of nonentitlement,”(25-27) showing the alliteration of “unreachable” “nothing” and “nonentitlement”. Alliteration is to portray just how unimportant the mother was to the town. The town didn’t know who she was, because she lived out in the pasture. She had nothing but her Abigails, which are planted next to her grave.

In conclusion, one shouldn’t let a decision ruin his or her life forever. “My Mother’s Abigail Adams”, shows the audience that the mother made a bad decision, and she never pick her self up after performing the decision. She let the decision eat her away; grieving about the decision caused the mother to pass away. One shouldn’t dwell on one bad choice he or she made, instead, carry on in life and always be happy in any choice.