Question

What message does the poet want to give through the poem Amanda

Answer 1

Answer:

The poem conveys the message that childrem need to be allowed more liberty. Excessive nagging makes them defiant and they turn a deaf ear to the instructions of the elders. They develop a kind of dislike for real life and start escaping into the world of dreams and imagination .

In fact ,the poem indirectly emphasis the need of a healthy bond between parents and children . Parents should understand the psychology of children , who is turn, should be respectful and responsible to their parents

Answer 2

Klein’s “Amanda” is a poem to which every young girl can relate. We have all felt pressurized to be perfect, and more often than not, that pressure has come from our mothers. Perhaps we have also dealt with the pressure in the same way that Amanda has – slowly but surely resisting it. However, our mothers haven’t stopped nagging us, because they feel that it is for our own good. Hence, the entire trajectory of this poem is something with which we are all very familiar.