Question

Why does John Masefield want his mother's
grave
kept shut ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

John Masefield wants his mothers grave kept shut.

Explanation:

Because he thinks how is he going to pay back the love his mother gave him.

She carried him in her womb and went through miserable days till the birth of him.

Then he thinks what is our world evolved into now.

How men's sexual desires are roaming without being controlled.

And how women's life is crushed.

He ends the poem by telling graves gates to stay close as he will be ashamed in front of his mother, because of the deeds of the men.