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[kitty00litter]

Part 1: Reflection

Both Rita Dove’s “Persephone, Falling” and “The Pomegranate” by Eavan Boland make reference to the myth of Demeter and Persephone. Both poems address the myth, then switch and draw parallels from the myth’s messages to daily life. Boland describes the myth in the first stanza of her poem. Then in the second

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[belinda111]

Good insightful reflections. I like how you pointed out in Rita Dove's poem, the myth is seen as a sign of caution.

[katlogs]

I think you are right about Icarus, and the pressures that fathers can put on their sons to be successful and manly and all of those adjectives that are considered masculine attributes.

[loumoney]

The parallels that you believe are being represented by each poem are spot on. Definitely agree that Boland is taking a more sensitive motherly approach.

[eversmiles]

You really managed to put how I felt about Auden's poem into words much better then I did! Its simply put, but very true "An amazing event in someone else’s life will have little to no effect on you because it is not your life." Well written!