In the poem GIFT by ALICE WALKER Her soul is compared to?
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In the poem, The Gift, the poetess Alice Walker was gifted with her lover’s soul. She did not believe that his love for her was real, but a possessive feeling. However, being a Southerner, she appreciated the gift and took good care of it.
However, after some time, he wants his soul back. She replies and says that his soul was always with him. His soul represented only his thoughts and not his actual feelings. The thoughts usually arise in the mind of a person and the feelings arise in his heart.
So she compared his soul to his thoughts, since he never loved her.
Explanation:
The poem Gift is written by Alice walker, she is an Afro-American lady who in this poem talks about soul and compares it in the sense of love of her lover. In the poem she writes that her lover in order to express his love to her, offers to give his soul to her. Being Afro-American woman, she knows that his lover will not remain sincere with her so she wants that instead of soul she wants true feeling of love and respect