قـُـــروْبـــ طـَــآلبــَـآتــْ مُقدمَــة فيْ الأدَبــــ ...2011

[Raan]

السلام عليكم

هنا شرح لقصيدة Daystar قريب جدا من شرح مس اشواق


The narrator of the poem "Daystar" sets a tone that is burdensome, monotonous, ritualistic and depressing. The poem describes a woman's attempt to find rest from her daily duties as a mother and wife. She looks forward
to one hour of escape from her family's demands. Each day, while the children are napping, the woman sits alone behind the garage. During this hour of the day the woman can release the burdens placed on her and receive strength to continue meeting her family's needs.

The first and second stanzas of the poem give the impression that the woman is overwhelmed by motherhood. The diapers hanging on the line and the doll slumped behind the door indicate she has her hands full caring for an infant and toddler or young child. The phor of the doll slumped in the corner mirrors the woman's own weariness. Her mind is distracted with all the work to be done inside the house.

The woman finds a restful place behind the garage. Sitting behind the garage suggests the woman wants to be close enough to the house in case her family needs her. It shows she cares for them, but values her time away from them.

The third stanza describes the woman's ritual of clearing her mind. Simply being able to watch a cricket or a floating maple leaf is a peaceful escape for her. The term "she'd see only her own vivid blood" indicates an awareness of life flowing in her veins. Behind the garage she can still exist, but without effort or distraction in her world of nothingness.

In the fourth stanza, the woman's hour of peace and nothingness is interrupted by her child Liza who appears on the stairs pouting and demanding to know what her mother is doing. It seems to be a ritual for Liza to wake before the other children and retrieve mom from behind the garage. Liza does not understand why her mother would prefer to be "out back with the field mice" rather than inside taking care of the house. Her mother responds that she is "building a palace." This phrase indicates the woman treasures her break behind the garage and this sanctuary is her "palace" where she rules the kingdom. At all other times her children and husband have rule over her.

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