WA + MAD Flashcards
1
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WA + MAD similarities
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Both show acceptance of letting a child go - the final lines are reflecting on the message - a hopeful ending, Both use direct address to show an intimate connection, both show distance
2
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WA + MAD differences
A
MAD is loosely structured like a sonnet - more traditional form of love. Poems address different people - mom and one son
3
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WA + MAD quotes showing acceptance
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“Open an endless hatch to the sky, to fall or fly” “love is proved in the letting go”
4
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WA + MAD quotes showing distance
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“You walking away from me” “You at the zero-end”
5
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WA addressing child
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“Half-fledged thing set free”
6
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MAD addressing mother
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“Mother, any distance greater than a single span, requires a second pair of hands”
