Maggie and Milly and Molly and May
Maggie and Milly and Molly and May - meaning Summary
Childhood Encounters and Identity
Four girls visit the beach and each encounters a different object or creature that reflects a personal response: Maggie finds a singing shell, Milly a stranded star, Molly a frightening creature, and May a solitary stone. The poem links these brief episodes to perception and inner life, suggesting that encounters with the world mirror and reveal parts of the self. The closing lines propose that loss leads to self-discovery in the sea.
Read Complete Analysesmaggie and milly and molly and may went down to the beach (to play one day) and maggie discovered a shell that sang so sweetly she couldn’t remember her troubles,and milly befriended a stranded star whose rays five languid fingers were; and molly was chased by a horrible thing which raced sideways while blowing bubbles:and may came home with a smooth round stone as small as a world and as large as alone. For whatever we lose(like a you or a me) it’s always ourselves we find in the sea
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