Question

Read the poem "Mother" by Lola Ridge. Then, answer the question that follows.

Your love was like moonlight

turning harsh things to beauty,

so that little wry souls

reflecting each other obliquely

as in cracked mirrors…

beheld in your luminous spirit

their own reflection,

transfigured as in a shining stream,

and loved you for what they are not.


You are less an image in my mind

than a luster

I see you in gleams

pale as star-light on a gray wall…

evanescent as the reflection of a white swan

shimmering in broken water.


How does the figurative language used in the poem relate to the title?


The figurative language describes a mother and a child who are no longer connected.

The figurative language expresses a mother's wish that her child grow into a lovely swan.

The figurative language illustrates how bad memories have a way of slowly disappearing over time.

The figurative language paints a picture of the way a mother helps a child see their potential.
ITS NOT A OR C

Answer 1

The figurative language paints a picture of the way a mother helps a child see their potential.

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