idea of relationships

• “I am homesick, free, in love/ With the way my mother speaks” (Same notes as love)

  The use of powerful emotions such as ‘love’ suggests how the love of her mother will allow her to cope, succeed and prosper as she shapes her new identity. It highlights how the love of her mother strengthens her and her voice guides and comforts her even as she moves onto the next stage of life without her physically there.
• “For miles.. what like is it.”

  (Same notes as love)

  Suggests how her mother’s words comfort her and the ‘for miles’ reminds us of the growing physical distance and the growing insecurity but her using her mothers words to soothe her reminds us of how their bond remains strong despite the growing distance.