PLEASE HELP FAST WILL GIVE BRAINLYST
Poem: "First Lesson," by Philip Booth from Lifelines: Selected Poems 1950-1999 (Viking).
First Lesson
Lie back, daughter, let your head
be tipped back in the cup of my hand.
Gently, and I will hold you. Spread
your arms wide, lie out on the stream
and look high at the gulls. A dead-
man's-float is face down. You will dive
and swim soon enough where this tidewater
ebbs to the sea. Daughter, believe
me, when you tire on the long thrash
to your island, lie up, and survive.
As you float now, where I held you
and let go, remember when fear
cramps your heart what I told you:
lie gently and wide to the light-year
stars, lie back, and the sea will hold you.
Now, in a LONG (7 - 10 sentence) and carefully edited paragraph, explain the following:
*What THEMES are explored in this poem
*Are there any symbols and if so, what are their meanings?
*What are the character traits of the SUBJECT of the poem and the SPEAKER of the poem?
*What can you infer about the relationship between the speaker and the subject?