Explain the Following figurative expressions:"I hold you deep within that well""I am the earth, I am the root""I am the stem that fed the fruit"

Question

The Battle by Louis Simpson

Asked by virgen g #335283 on 9/16/2013 2:17 PM

Last updated by jill d #170087 on 9/16/2013 2:28 PM

Answered by jill d #170087 on 9/16/2013 2:28 PM

This stanza describes childbirth.

"I wither and you break from me"

The mother will always be the place of creation inside of the womb.

"I am the earth, I am the root, / I am the stem that fed the fruit" (18-19).