mother any distance

• mother any distance greater than a single span requires a second hand

  direct + formal address- distance/ maturity

  internal rhyme- intamte, homely sense+ protectiveness
• you come to help me

  you and me are physically separated but sentiment of it suggests the sons reliance on mother
• you at the zero end me with the spool of tape

  semantic field of measurement ( memories)

  tape = umbilical chord
• anchor. kite

  singular worded sentences slow poem- Armitage reflecting

  contrasting images: confusion + reliance
• i reach towards a hatch that opens to an endless sky to fall or fly

  rhyming structure returns in final sentence- harmony + return to certainty
• structure and form:


  -loosely based on structure of sonnet: last words would be read with emphasis showing nervousness

  -uneven rhyming

  -enjambement: healthy and unforced relationship as replicated rythm and form of someone talking naturally