Summary of the poem ''Amanda'' in 200 word
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This poem depicts the state of a little girl’s mind who is constantly instructed about do’s and don’ts by her elders. She is told not to hunch her shoulders and to sit up straight. She is told to finish her homework and tidy her room. She is forbidden from eating a chocolate that she has. But all the time, the little girl Amanda keeps dreaming of a life of freedom in the open. She dreams of mermaids in the sea, of roaming barefoot in the dusty street and of the golden haired Rapunzel who lived alone in a high tower. She takes no note of what is being said to her. Then she is rebuked for being moody and sulking all the time.
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Amanda is written by Australian poet Robin Klein. The poet deals with the theme of torture and ill-treatment of young children by their parents. In the poem, Amanda is a young girl who is constantly insulted by her parents for various mistakes she commits.
As a child, she feels depressed and sorrowful In order to escape from the daily ill-treatment, she imagines herself to be free and enjoying.
In the poem, one stanza describes how she is insulted by her parents and the succeeding (the next one) which is in bracket tells which she imagines escaping from the pain of harassment.