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swimming is like life, you must first learn to float before you can actually swim. in other words Booths is referring to life. you must learn the early essentials and meanings of life before you can go out into the world and live your life. that is your parents job. to get you ready for the outside world. in the poem the hands supporting the child are her parent's or guardian's.
Good Question. I love that poem and did a major report on it.
also believe in yourself, trusting others, over come your fear is the deeper meaning in the poem
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Readers tend to interact with poems on the level first?
meaning
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The first stanza of a poem would be the first group of lines that are together. They are separated from the following stanza by a space.
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Charge?
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One girl meaning
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Sealy
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"First Lesson" by Philip Booth is a free verse poem that explores the theme of loss and coming to terms with mortality. The poem reflects on the speaker's experience of witnessing his father teach his daughter to swim, using this event as a metaphor for the ways in which we learn to deal with the inevitability of death. Booth's use of vivid imagery and metaphor creates a poignant and reflective tone throughout the poem.
What is the duration of First Lesson?
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