Goodison's Absolute

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Kurt R

 

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August 23, 2013

 

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And at the core of Goodison's poem is her own conflicted decision, as the female product of this union, to define her mother's attitude as unwavering strength, worthy of reverence, or as passivity, masked by nonchalance. The title of this work illustrates this ambiguity: does the clause "may I inherit half her strength", translate into "may I be permitted - by the same mysterious influence that affected my mother - to remain strong just like her" or "may I never allow myself to be quite as tolerant as she was...
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The title of this work illustrates this ambiguity: does the clause "may I inherit half her strength", translate into "may I be permitted - by the same mysterious influence that affected my mother - to remain strong just like her" or "may I never allow myself to be quite as tolerant as she was." In the first stanza, Goodison suggests that the "absolute," "my mother loved my father," had governed her perspective of her parents' marriage for twenty-nine years...
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