Thematic Interpretations

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Thematic Interpretations
1. Narrator’s Point of View
The planned Child
The poem is in the first-person point of view. The poet uses words such as I and me. The narrator uses the word ‘I’ in the first stanza (I hate…) to express how she feels about her conception. The word ‘me’ has also been used in the second stanza (…pressing me out…).
The actual speaker in this poem is a woman who expresses her dissatisfaction with the fact that her conception had been planned by her mother and wished that it had occurred through the heat of love (“The Planned Child by Sharon Olds”). Sharon Old uses the literature to express her attitude towards parenthood and childbearing, hoping that it happened through natural causes such as haste, mistake, or by love. She uses the first-person narration to express her emotions
A Time Past
The poem is in the first-person point of view. Words such as I, me, and me appear in the literature. In the first stanza, the narrator uses ‘I’ to express how she felt when she saw her loved one (…I was sitting…). The words ‘me’ and ‘my’ have also been used in the sixth line (…me to my…).
The voice in the poem is a woman who expresses her many emotions about her past relationships and their terminations (…brings memories of…). Additionally, she talks about the special ones in her life and the good times they spent together (…with my friend…). The actual speak…