"the mother" by Gwendolyn Brooks I Poetry Analysis

What is it like for a woman to have an abortion? Even if she feels it was necessary to terminate a pregnancy, will it still haunt her? How?
These are few of the questions explored in "the mother." Watch to find out more!

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Love this analysis. “With gobbling mother eye” reminds me of when animals eat their young when the mother feels she cannot adequately care for them. Don’t believe this was the poet’s intention with that phrase, but it’s always reminded me of that.