Genetics

• Themes


  Parental relationships

  Division

  Inheritance

  Past, vs the present
• structure


  pronoun alteration shows shift from past to present, a vowing

  a villanelle or french love poetry, constant 3 lines

  Extended metaphor for parents’ relationship

  Formulaic structure mirrors dna
• techniques


  re-enact - childhood naivety, a performance

  juxtapositions of cheating and marriage

  by my hands - own perception of parents relationship, possibly wrongful

  emphasis on bodily parts shows sexual connotations, mutual sacrifice
• Tone


  Assured

  Hopeful

  Religious Imagery

  Earnest