“She carried him like the poor carry hope” means - highlights just how much she expects of him when he is born, to take them out of poverty.., "She is throwing a partner with Judas Iscariot’s mother" is an example of a/an - Biblical allusion, The line saying "she was not alone in her body" implies - that she was being taken over by some unknown being and had no choice but to accept this new presence., Another term for "throwing partner" in the Caribbean - sou-sou, “set no ceiling on what he could be” means that the mother - the mother does not limit her son's ambitions., Irony - The man claims to value the boy yet he gives him a weapon that will destroy him., Metaphor - ...for the day he draw his bloody salary., her son was first made known to her' when she started experiencing - morning sickness, The phrase "She carried him full term tight up under her heart." shows - that the mother loved and deeply cared for the unborn son., Theme - Love and family relationship,

Poem Analysis: The Woman Speaks to the Man who Employs her Son by Lorna Goodison

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