Ben Collins English Mr. Bruce Passed On The first point about the poem is the title, Passed On. This has a few different meanings the first of which is to do with the death of the mother of the poet, Carole Satymurti. This ties in with the main theme of the poem. The second meaning of the title is the handing down of the box from the mother to the daughter. The mother has passed …showed first 75 words of 827 total…

…showed last 75 words of 827 total…circle. She begins the poem with the word “Before”. This could mean before the death of her mother but it more likely means before she got rid of the cards. This is more likely because the sentence that this word starts says, “Before, this box contained my mother.” The poem starts and ends in the same place, perhaps linking to the central idea of the poem, life, death and the development of people. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**