The Cord Flashcards
Purpose
Identity
Motherhood
The process of life
Links
Links to Loud because when the cord is cut this symbolises the person becoming their own person, in Loud when the person gains their own voice they gain their own identity.
Links to ‘Tall’ as once she gets her wish she gains an identity she is comfortable with. She manages to find happiness in this but this happiness quickly disintegrates and becomes a hindrance. The cord becomes a hindrance to her because she becomes fixated on it, constantly asking about its whereabouts.
Structure
Structure – free verse (reflecting childlike exploration)
Extra
Finds mother in nature or finding solace in darkness (mother’s guiding presence)
Finding cord = a discovery of a crucial part of herself
Title – suggests a two -way connection between people. Could represent our ongoing connection with our mother. Perhaps it could mean an attempt to connect to all women. Seen as personal, cultural and universal. A desperate search for identity.
The poem sees to chronologically map the growth of a child, her intellect grows
