response from the readers. The response that she is trying to get the readers to feel is compassion for her. Just by reading the poem, the reader can see through the speaker’s tone of voice and word choice that she is trying to convey sorrow for her abortions. The question is whether or not the speaker is genuinely sorry for her actions. The answer lies in the hands of the readers. So do the readers of this poem believe that speaker?

Many readers would use the speaker’s word choice as a reason to believe that she is not sorry for having her abortions. In the first stanza, the speaker uses the phrase “handled the air,” which is interesting because it, in a way, shifts the blame from the mother to the children, as if it was their responsibility to breathe(line 4). In the second stanza, the speaker uses the word “killed” as if she did it on purpose and really does not feel any remorse for her unborn(line 11). Also, when she u

the children, as if it was their responsibility to breathe(line 4). In the second stanza, the speaker uses the word “killed” as if she did it on purpose and really does not feel any remorse for her unborn(line 11). Also, when she uses the word “dim,” as if to mean “not bright,”

The speaker is able to get some of her readers to believe her by her word choices. The comparison of the children to food can be seen as a positive image because it shows that she returns to look at them because she loves them(line 10).At the beginning of the second stanza, changes in her word choice occur, when she starts using “I” and “my,” and using “children” instead of “them”(lines 11-12). These word choices may imply that as her life has gone by, the mother regrets more and more her decision. She might now see them as her unborn

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