An Easy Passage
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The poem explores the delicate, liminal moment between girlhood and
womanhood. It could be described as a coming-of-age poem, an extend
metaphor for the passage to womanhood. The irony of the title is evide
the very first line; this transition is not, in fact, easy, and requires
concentration and perseverance.
The poem cleverly describes the balance of the girl’s physical developm
between up and down, indoors and outdoors – to convey her stage in l
Opposites are described, things are on the cusp: sun is contrasted with
hard maleness and sof femaleness; all designed to suggest the poise o
moment.
The narrator is detached, almost as if observing the girl through a cam
this critical moment in her life.
, about
The poem explores the delicate, liminal moment between girlhood and
womanhood. It could be described as a coming-of-age poem, an extend
metaphor for the passage to womanhood. The irony of the title is evide
the very first line; this transition is not, in fact, easy, and requires
concentration and perseverance.
The poem cleverly describes the balance of the girl’s physical developm
between up and down, indoors and outdoors – to convey her stage in l
Opposites are described, things are on the cusp: sun is contrasted with
hard maleness and sof femaleness; all designed to suggest the poise o
moment.
The narrator is detached, almost as if observing the girl through a cam
this critical moment in her life.
