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What Is The Theme Of The Poem My Daughter?

What Is The Theme Of The Poem My Daughter?

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  1. The poem’s main themes include negativity, vivid imagination, and dread of a loved one going through pain. The poem depicts the speaker’s bleak and depressing view of the world. According to him, the human spirit is poisoned by this world. It takes away their optimism and builds resentment in a person.

    Because he only sees anguish and misery in the future, the speaker decides against having a daughter. The reader can sense the father’s anxiety throughout the poem because, unlike other parents, Kees also hopes for a good future for his kids. He chooses against having children after realizing that he cannot alter the course of events.

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