Persephone, Falling by Rita Dove
I interpreted this poem from a child's perspective because Dove eludes to and adult or adults reprimanding a small child in the second half of the poem. She put this part in parenthesis as if it to be something to consider after the fact. I'm not sure if Dove is considering the character in the poem to be Persephone, the daughter of the mythological God Zues, or if Persephone is supposed to be the flower that is picked from the ground by the child. Regardless, the poem in a way condemns childhood curiosity.
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