Poetry Quiz: Theme - Women in Society; Parent Child Relationship

"She is prepared, she is done. Absalom."

• The Woman Speaks to the Man who has employed her son

• A Stone's Throw

• Mirror

• My Parents

"I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions."

• The Woman Speaks to the Man who has employed her son

• A Stone's Throw

• Mirror

• My Parents

"And if our fingers bruised

Her shuddering skin,

These were love-bites, compared

To the hail of kisses of stone,"

• The Woman Speaks to the Man who has employed her son

• A Stone's Throw

• Mirror

• My Parents

'For justice must be done

Specially when

It tastes so good.'

• The Woman Speaks to the Man who has employed her son

• A Stone's Throw

• Mirror

• My Parents

"Your mouth contorting in brief spite and hurt ,your laughter metamorphosed into howls, your frame so recently relaxed now tight with three-year-old frustration"

• The Woman Speaks to the Man who has employed her son

• A Stone's Throw

• Little Boy Crying

• My Parents

The poem is about childhood games, bullying and making friends. It also illustrates the parent’s love and their protective instinct for their children. However, its popularity lies in the phenomenon of parental love.

• The Woman Speaks to the Man who has employed her son

• A Stone's Throw

• Little Boy Crying

• My Parents

In this poem, the persona seems to be addressing a man who has taken a woman's son into a life of crime and gun violence.

• The Woman Speaks to the Man who has employed her son

• A Stone's Throw

• Little Boy Crying

• My Parents

The poem alludes to the story of Mary Magdalene in the Bible (John 8:3-11), highlighting themes of religion, violence, sexism and hypocrisy.

• The Woman Speaks to the Man who has employed her son

• A Stone's Throw

• Little Boy Crying

• My Parents

The poem captures how difficult it can be for a parent to discipline a child. In keeping with this, the poem suggests that sometimes misguided and harsh methods of discipline actually come from a place of love.

• The Woman Speaks to the Man who has employed her son

• A Stone's Throw

• Little Boy Crying

• My Parents

The poem is told from the perspective of a mirror, who starts by describing itself physically as silver-colored and precise.

• The Woman Speaks to the Man who has employed her son

• A Stone's Throw

• Mirror

• My Parents