It is as though the author is trying to relive the happy memory before learning about being an adolescent. The way she says "tickling grasses and whispered" and "A firefly whirred near my ear" shows that its a friendly attitude. The way Dove presents the poem shows the innocent mind of children. This is the start of letting the speaker wonder about becoming a teenager or adolescence. Linda adds the comment in order to show the child's innocence, because the speaker may not want to know about boys or how a boy's lips are. However, the girls are not talking about relationships they are basically playing and whispering to each other. At this time, Linda says, "A boy's lips are soft, As soft as a baby's skin," which is the start of introducing a lesson about relationships. The child is playing with her friend or sister when the grandmother, Linda, shows up. The speaker of the poem may be unclear, but it can be inferred that the speaker is a child. As Dove presents, innocence is something that is best kept in people all around, so they can see the world differently. This poem reflects the innocence of a child before turning into the change of the century: becoming a teenager. The poem reveals her childhood memories before the change of her life has started. This is one of Rita Dove's famous poems, "Adolescence I". Linda's face hung before us, pale as a pecan,Ī firefly whirred near my ear, and in the distance We knelt in the tickling grasses and whispered: In water-heavy nights behind grandmother's porch
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