In the poem, “Praise to My Mother” Grace Nichols uses metaphor to convey the theme about her relationship with her mother. In the poem, Nichols celebrates the life of her mother with metaphors. She states, “You were water to me deep and bold and fathoming” (1-3) Nichols compares her mother to water to show us that her mother had a ginormous amount of love from the words “deep” and “fathoming”. Nichols may be reflecting about her mother and possibly comparing her similarities to her mom because you can see your reflection in the water. In the next stanza, Nichols uses a metaphor of comparing her mother to the moon. “You were moon’s eye to me”(5-6) I think Nichols is conveying that her mother is a symbol of peace. When you think of moons, you
