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    Lit Written Report Merle Alunan

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    The poem is about a mother who tells her daughter she cannot bring her old, tattered rag dolls on their journey. However, when they set sail the mother discovers the dolls among their belongings. The dolls represent broken memories and a broken family that the mother wanted the child to forget. But the child, knowing her own burdens as the mother knows hers, refuses to leave the dolls behind. The theme is about letting go of the past but acknowledging we cannot forget it and it shapes who we are.

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    Lit Written Report Merle Alunan

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    The poem is about a mother who tells her daughter she cannot bring her old, tattered rag dolls on their journey. However, when they set sail the mother discovers the dolls among their belongings. The dolls represent broken memories and a broken family that the mother wanted the child to forget. But the child, knowing her own burdens as the mother knows hers, refuses to leave the dolls behind. The theme is about letting go of the past but acknowledging we cannot forget it and it shapes who we are.

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    The poem is about a mother who tells her daughter she cannot bring her old, tattered rag dolls on their journey. However, when they set sail the mother discovers the dolls among their belongings. The dolls represent broken memories and a broken family that the mother wanted the child to forget. But the child, knowing her own burdens as the mother knows hers, refuses to leave the dolls behind. The theme is about letting go of the past but acknowledging we cannot forget it and it shapes who we are.

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    Lit Written Report Merle Alunan

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    The poem is about a mother who tells her daughter she cannot bring her old, tattered rag dolls on their journey. However, when they set sail the mother discovers the dolls among their belongings. The dolls represent broken memories and a broken family that the mother wanted the child to forget. But the child, knowing her own burdens as the mother knows hers, refuses to leave the dolls behind. The theme is about letting go of the past but acknowledging we cannot forget it and it shapes who we are.

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    Intro:

    Bringing the Doll


    By Merlie M. Alunan
    Two dolls in rags and tatters,
    one missing an arm and a leg,
    the other blind in one eye I grabbed them from her arms,
    No, I said, They cannot come.
    Each tight baggage
    I had packed
    only for the barest need:
    no room for sentiment or memory
    to clutter with loose ends
    my stern resolve. I reasoned,
    even a child must learn
    she cannot take what must be left behind.
    And so the boat turned seaward,
    a smart wind blowing dry
    the stealthy tears I could not wipe.
    Then I saw rags, tatters and all
    there among the neat trim packs,
    the dolls I ruled to leave behind
    Her silence should have warned me
    she knew her burdens
    As I knew mine:
    her clean white years unlived
    and paid my price.
    She battened on a truth
    she knew I too must own:
    when whats at stake
    is loyalty or love,
    hers are the true rights.
    Her own faiths she must keep, not I.

    About the Author


    Merlie M. Alunan

    She was born Dec. 14, 1943 Dingle, Iloilo


    She is a graduate of Siliman University
    She currently teaches at Creative Writing Center, University of the PhilippinesVisayas,
    Tacloban College
    Recipient of the Following Awards:
    Lillian Jerome Thornton Award for Nonfiction
    Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature
    National Book Award
    Sunthorn Phu Literary Award
    Ani ng Dangal
    Discussion
    Bringing the Doll is a poem about a mother telling her child not to bring the old and tattered rag
    dolls saying that each baggage she packed is only for the barest need. In the first three lines the doll
    was described as being old, tattered, and mangled this could signify violence or hideous memories that
    is why the mother wanted the child to leave it behind, it is a form saying that the mother wants the child
    to forget all those memories. The doll can also signify a broken family as it was described in first lines
    of the poem that the doll is missing an arm, a leg and blind in one eye, the doll may be a representation
    of the girl because most of the parts that doll is missing are pairs that help support out body, this could
    mean that since their family is now broken the girl has to live with only one parent supporting her.
    In the middle part of the poem the mother discovers that the child still brought the doll, the
    mother was surprised but she saw this coming because if the child has burdens then so does she and
    these burdens cannot just be left behind.

    Conclusion:

    The theme of the poem is letting go and moving on. In the poem the mother said that she only
    packed for the barest need because she needs no room for sentiment or memory this means that the
    mother wants to leave behind something and she knows that it will be hard. The moral of the poem is
    that Unwanted memories may be left behind but it cannot be forgotten. Dont let it hinder you but take
    it as a source of motivation and strength

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