The juxtaposition of this line can be seen in the words "cold" and "wonderful" because the woman feels like she is living the typical life of an older woman, which society thinks should be simple, calm, perfect, and yet she finds this life "cold," as she longs for something more than the "wonderful" life she is supposed to be living. ... In a further stanza, the line, "very gently, he scooped tiny pink animals/into the palm of his hand/and told me to touch them," suggests that the father is presenting new life and new opportunities to his son, opening his future and identity up to greater thin...

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