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In the poem to a daughter leaving home what is the central purpose and what is a good theme to use for this type of poem.
"To A Daughter Leaving Home" is a very poignant, bittersweet piece of poetry. In the poem, the parent is teaching his or her daughter how to ride a bike. The entire poem, even though it's discussing watching the daughter ride away on her bike, is an extended phor about life. Someday, that daughter might ride away to college, or off to a distant land after she marries or finds a career. The purpose of the poem is to show the pride and heartache of a parent as they watch their little one gain a little bit more independence. The parent watches as the little girl gets smaller and smaller (and more distant from the parent), and hopes that they don't hear a resounding "thud" as the little girl hits the ground. Isn't that what every parent does, hold their breath as they watch their children venture out into the world on their own, hoping they will fly instead of fall? I think the theme of the poem is the sadness and pride a parent feels as
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The speaker is a mother whose daughter is leaving home for the first time. The mother is remembering back when her daughter was only eight years old. The poem is a phor comparing a bike-riding lesson to the girl leaving home. When the mother was teaching the girl to ride her bike, she was also, in a phorical sense, "taking off" to go on her own. Now that she is leaving home, she is also "taking off" on her own. The mother's sadness now at her leaving is contrasted with her excitement way back when the daughter was only 8 and learned to ride the bike by just going for it. Her daughter's hair on the bike that day was waving in the breeze, like what she now imagines is a handkerchief "waving goodbye" (this is a simile).