In Poetry the innocence and perspective of ones childhood can be compared to that of an adult. In these poems the child’s innocence and arrogance is reflected in the voice of a grown adult. The two poems which seemed most appropriate and suitable for this research question, are BORED by Margret Atwood and In The Waiting Room by Elizabeth Bishop. BORED was written by Margret Atwood in 1939, when her father had passed away. She admitted, this was one of the many poems she had written about her father and her childhood memories she had with him. Throughout this poem, it is understood, as she was growing up, she did not have the same interests as her role models and those around her, but attempted to fit in with the rest of her family to please …show more content…
Nevertheless, she still has a positive association of her childhood with her dad and remembers these as the better days. She remembers the day differently as an adult, to how she truly experienced it as a child. This shows the contrast in feelings from a child to an adult and her perspective alters as she grows up and becomes more attentive to her life. Her fathers purpose becomes clear, to raise her to understand the purpose and result of hard work and to avoid a spoilt, free handed …show more content…
The moral of this poem seems to illustrate, how people may not realise how much they appreciate someone or something until they no longer have it and this is the message that Margret Atwood is distinguishing to her readers through her experiences. The poem is full of regret and distress, for the way she lived her childhood selfishly and obliviously, only considerate of her own amusement. Although she had taken on these hobbies for the sake of pleasing her father, the speaker shows to have never shown a genuine enjoyment for things she did with her father and, although she still wanted to make him