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Linda Pastan (b. 1932) is an American poet of Jewish background. Pastan was named Poet Laureate of Maryland from 1991 to 1995. Her short poems address a wide range of topics: such as family, motherhood, the fragility of life, and much more. This brief poem describes a mother watching her daughter ride away on her bike. As you read, take notes on how the mother feels as her daughter learns how to ride a bike.
When I taught you

at eight to ride

a bicycle, loping along

beside you

as you wobbled away

on two round wheels,

my own mouth rounding

in surprise when you pulled

ahead down the curved

path of the park,

I kept waiting

for the thud

of your crash as I

sprinted to catch up,

while you grew

smaller, more breakable

with distance,

pumping, pumping

for your life, screaming

with laughter,

the hair flapping

behind you like a

handkerchief waving

goodbye.

"To a Daughter Leaving Home" from Poetry Magazine by Linda Pastan. Copyright © 1988. Used by permission of W.W. Norton & Company. All rights reserved.

Notes
1. Lope (verb) : to run or move with a long bounding stride

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PART A: Which statement best identifies the theme of the poem?

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Learning how to ride a bike and leaving home are both exciting experiences for daughters.
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Watching their children do new things brings parents nothing but fear.
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Nothing brings a mother more joy than watching their daughter grow up.
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Watching their children grow up is both exciting and stressful for parents.

Answer 1

D. Watching their children grow up is both exciting and stressful for parents.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the poem "To A Daughter Leaving Home", a mother is teaching her daughter how to ride a bike and she feels different emotions as her daughter goes through different stages of learning.

First, the mother is cautious as her eight year old daughter is learning, using two round wheels, then her emotions change to surprise and mild shock as her child speeds off with the bike out of her mother's reach. The mother is expecting to hear a crash as her inexperienced daughter is riding out of her watchful eyes, but her daughter is enjoying the experience and is laughing happily without a care in the world.

The theme of the poem is such that parents are both excited and stressed, watching their children grow, as the woman in the poem was excited and cautious about her daughter learning how to ride a bike and also scared when she bounced out of her reach and watchful eyes.