'Heroines' is a poem written by Penny Windsor. The poem is about struggling mums trying to escape their lives as mums. By using different techniques the poet makes the poem memorable.
'Heroines' is a poem written by Penny Windsor. The poem is about struggling mums trying to escape their lives as mums. By using different techniques the poet makes the poem memorable.
The similes in the poem are interesting. The similes show how the mums feel about their lives. The women are becoming unhappier, "the hill tops creep away like children playing games". 'The hill tops' represent the women's peak in life, their happiest times. 'The hill tops creep away' show the mums happiness slowly going away day by day, just like their children going away to play. The next simile in the poem shows that the mothers feel that they just can't escape. "Plotting our escape like jail birds". The mums feel trapped like prisoners in jail. They are desperate to get out of their situation. They can't break free. In jail, prisoners go through the same routine everyday and that is how the mums feel. Another similes described the women becoming fearless, "tescoed prisoners rising from the household dust like heroines rising from the household like heroines". The mums are being compared to a phoenix. A phoenix is said to go up into flames then is reborn from its ashes, stronger. The mums are going to become stronger and better by rising from the household dust for their children. The reason for the mums being reborn stronger is because they get some time to themselves. The get just ten minutes of the day to become stronger. They get that little time to revive themselves. That's why the mums are going to be stronger and better by rising from the household dust for their children. The similes in the poem make me remember how the mums feel.
The similes in the poem are interesting. The similes show how the mums feel about their lives. The women are becoming unhappier, "the hill tops creep away like children playing games". 'The hill tops' represent the women's peak in life, their happiest times. 'The hill tops creep away' show the mums happiness slowly going away day by day, just like their children going away to play. The next simile in the poem shows that the mothers feel that they just can't escape. "Plotting our escape like jail birds". The mums feel trapped like prisoners in jail. They are desperate to get out of their situation. They can't break free. In jail, prisoners go through the same routine everyday and that is how the mums feel. Another similes described the women becoming fearless, "tescoed prisoners rising from the household dust like heroines rising from the household like heroines". The mums are being compared to a phoenix. A phoenix is said to go up into flames then is reborn from its ashes, stronger. The mums are going to become stronger and better by rising from the household dust for their children. The reason for the mums being reborn stronger is because they get some time to themselves. The get just ten minutes of the day to become stronger. They get that little time to revive themselves. That's why the mums are going to be stronger and better by rising from the household dust for their children. The similes in the poem make me remember how the mums feel.
