The poem Home-Baked Bread by Sally Croft is a deceiving story. The surface will make the reader believe that this a simple innocent homey story about baking bread. The narrator gives a seductive inviting tone to the story about making and getting her guest to share the bread’s goodness with her and possibly seducing her guest as well. The poem is about a woman who wants to have the same “great triumph” as her great aunt in some ways not about baking.
The poem opens with a quote from The Joy of Cooking which gives the story an atmosphere of baking. The author describes her want to bake a bread like her great aunt, which she considers to be a “great triumph”. She invites her guest into her home to tell her about the bread she wished to share,
The poem opens with a quote from The Joy of Cooking which gives the story an atmosphere of baking. The author describes her want to bake a bread like her great aunt, which she considers to be a “great triumph”. She invites her guest into her home to tell her about the bread she wished to share,