Thread: Deck the Halls 8: parents
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Unread 12-13-2008, 02:06 PM
Janet Kenny Janet Kenny is offline
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When I first read the poem (I love it) the parents were already dead and the poet was reading to their remembered selves. It still suggests that to me.

Perhaps our personal circumstances create the poem?
Janet
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