Amanda- Value Points of the Poem

Amanda

By– Robin Klein

Value Points of the Poem

The little girl Amanda is biting her nails.
Her mother asks her not to do it.
Amanda is putting her shoulders down to one side.
Her mother asks her to lift up her shoulders and adopt the right posture.
Amanda seems to be stooping on one side.
Her mother asks her to sit up straight.
Amanda doesn’t bother what her mother says.
She is lost in a world of dreams and fantasy.
She imagines herself as a mermaid.
She lives in a peaceful emerald sea all alone.
She is moving all around freely and blissfully like a mermaid.
Amanda’s mother asks if she has finished her homework.
She asks if she has made her room tidy and clean.
Amanda’s mother reminds her that she instructed her to clean her shoes and she hasn’t done so.
Amanda doesn’t care a bit what her mother says to her.
She is again in the world of dreams and fantasy.
She prefers to be an orphan than living such a life.
She wants to roam around the streets freely and aimlessly.
She wants to walk on the soft dust with her bare feet.
The pressing of the feet will create designs on the soft dust.
She loves silence, and freedom is the sweetest thing that she values in her life.
Again, Amanda’s mother stops her from eating chocolate.
She must remember that eating chocolate might cause her some problem.
Her mother reminds her to observe good manners.
She must not look the other way when her mother is speaking to her.
Again, Amanda ignores her mother.
She imagines herself as Rapunzel living in a tower where there is a reign of peace and tranquillity.
Amanda is proud of her beautiful hair and would not let them down like Rapunzel.
Amanda’s mother calls her moody.
She asks her to stop being sulky and unhappy at once.
If she remains unhappy, people will think that her mother has been nagging her.