Sunday, November 15, 2015

Poem on Pearl

Looking back through chapters 5-8, I began rereading what I underlined. Much of it reflected upon Pearl, so I took quotes from the book and put them into a poem describing Pearl.



Pearl

the figure, the body, the reality of sin.
her mother's only treasure!
wild, desperate, defiant,
flightiness of temper,
swayed by her own impulses.
An imp of evil,
emblem and product of sin.
sprite-like intelligence,
a demon offspring,
the elf-child.
Her mother's happiness,
her mother's torture.

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