![]() The second stanza, gives bird-eye view of what a little child thinks when he/she is constantly scolded by his/her parents. Amanda imagines as if there is a languid (quiet and patient) and emerald (here it means green in color) sea in which she is a mermaid (a fictional water animal with face of a girl and body of a fish).Īs a mermaid, she imagines to be living alone ( sole inhabitant) in the sea and drifting (moving slowly with the currents of water) blissfully (happily). The second stanza is written in the bracket which depicts what little Amanda is imagining in order to escape the daily taunt and scolding. They ask her not to remain lazy and sit straight. Hence they often scold her for doing wrong things like biting nails, bending shoulders while sitting etc. In the very first stanza, we come to know that Amanda is a young child who has some habits which are not liked by her parents. They further ask her to refrain from hunching (bending) her shoulders and also stop slouching (remaining lazy) and rather sit up straight. The parents of young Amanda command her not to bite her nails. We will discuss each stanza line by line and also learn the meanings of difficult words. ![]() ![]() In the poem, one stanza describes how she is insulted by her parents and the succeeding (the next one) which is in bracket tells which she imagines escaping from the pain of harassment. In the poem, Amanda is a young girl who is constantly insulted by her parents for various mistakes she commits.Īs a child, she feels depressed and sorrowful In order to escape from the daily ill-treatment, she imagines herself to be free and enjoying. The poet deals with the theme of torture and ill-treatment of young children by their parents. Amanda is written by Australian poet Robin Klein.
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