Question

Find theme and main idea

Piano
by: D. H. Lawrence

Softly, in the dusk, a woman is singing to me;

Taking me back down the vista of years, till I see

A child sitting under the piano, in the boom of the tingling strings

And pressing the small, poised feet of a mother who smiles as she sings.



In spite of myself, the insidious mastery of song

Betrays me back, till the heart of me weeps to belong

To the old Sunday evenings at home, with winter outside

And hymns in the cozy parlor, the tinkling piano our guide.



So now it is vain for the singer to burst into clamor

With the great black piano appassionato. The glamor

Of childish days is upon me, my manhood is cast

Down in the flood of remembrance, I weep like a child for the past.

Prompt:

What do you think is the theme, or main message of "Piano"? Use at least 1 piece of textual evidence in your paragraph response. Your response should be at least 5 sentences, but no more than 10.

Answer 1

theme = Softly, in the dusk, a woman is singing to me;

i believe the theme of this poem, is,"Softly, in the dusk, a woman is singing to me;." reason being is the fact that it first talks about the character and the environment around her. this gives me a sense of belief that what this source is trying to infer is that there are two characters. One character is described as to be singing and the other is to be listening.

Step-by-step explanation:

well i tried so if wrong please PLEASE dont blame me :(