write a appreciation of 'rock me to sleep '
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I chose the poem “Rock Me to Sleep” by Elizabeth Akers Allen to relate to my theme on childhood. I love the way the poet uses the daughters sweet memories of her childhood and the connection with her mother and compare it to the feelings that she is facing now. The poet does a great job explaining that special bond a mother and daughter have together, the nurturing and confront of a mother figure, it really can’t compare to anything. Allen made this poem easy to understand and used a past and present timeline that I think made this poem stronger.
This poem gives us a story that is about a daughter who is talking about her mother, who had passed away and how she wishes to be a child again, so she can be in her mother’s arms one last time. This poem really gives off a really strong emotion, not just because of the deceased mother, but of the powerful connection a parent and child have between each other. Sometimes we don’t realize just how much a mother (guardian) means to us, until they’re gone. “Backward, turn backward, O time, in your flight; Make me a child again, just for one night! Mother, come back from that echoless shore; Take me again in your heart as of your—“ I know sometimes, many of us that go through a rough patch in life and we automatically wish we could go back in time. That moment of our mother tucking us in bed, reading us a story, and feeling the warmth of her hug when she tells a goodnight, that moment where nothing else in the world matters.