Mining For Meaning

Poetry Exercise 2

1) The subject matter of this poem is how a couple is unable to produce baby boys instead, plenty of girls. With evidence as, "Already ringed by daughters, And no son, they keep trying". This shows that this couple is having an unlucky turn of events as no boy offsprings are produced which places the couple in a much stressful n annoyed position to be in.

2)The significants of "ringed by daughters" is trying to suggest that the couple is being surrounded by daughters, this shows that they are annoyed by it. "Contoured by choices" means that she only have limited choice of 'bearing or diapering', which shows that women have cannot be like men, in a way that men work till they are old, whereas most women have to stay at home to look after their child, a very sad and lonely way to pass on as stated, "And singleness is theirs".

3)I feel that the women in this poem is lonely and has a sad life, as the poem mention "And singleness is theirs, Again." From here I could tell that the women is lonely, even if their "man" is with them as this phrase uses "Again."