Teaching My Mother To Give Birth Summary

Warsan Shire’s “Teaching My Mother to Give Birth” gives her perception on the different struggles that she and many women experience and what it means to be a woman. We as women go through more than what individuals think, moreover Shire expressed her thoughts about it through poetry Shire mainly speaks about war, sex, relationship, womanhood, racism. She talks about the way she’s treated growing up in Africa or other countries. Warsan Shire spoke on how we all want to be accepted by our parents and society. She expressed her emotions through strong imagery and powerful words which allowed the readers to connect with her. We often feel that we are alone, but this book tells the readers that there are individuals that go through the same things. Even though this book was extremely graphic and uncomfortable at times, these poems all have meaning and it’s something that we can all learn from to teach others and ourselves to understand the . The language in the poem “Ugly” was confusing because I believe that this poem had several meanings Most times, the tone of “Teaching My Mother to Give Birth” is filled with sadness, anger, regret, guilt, joy, and acceptance. It’s difficult living in the world where one feels that their own parent’s don’t love them or …show more content…
The line “Well, I think home spat me out, the blackouts and curfew like tongue against loose tooth” (Shire, p.24). This line was very deep and filled with depression and anger. It is a battle of trying to find a home and blending to try to protect one’s identity. It is extremely upsetting that when one goes home, they are unwelcome in their new territory. We all want to feel safe and have food to support She has a way of using the drifts between stanzas and powerful words to show and tell the