ReginaChoiPoem

In the poem “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm”, the speaker feels sympathy toward the isolated children. And the speaker thinks that they shouldn’t being isolated. The first child in the poem is being isolated because of his accident, his hair turned grey. And the second child is being isolated because of her birthmark on her body. Finally the third child is being isolated because he goes to the church and “shaking and lurching over the floor”. Before the speaker introduces the isolated children, he thinks for a little while, “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm.” The first child, who had an accident, because of that his hair became white. Since then he became isolated. His isolation is acquired. Which is very unlucky for him, classmates avoid him because he is different from others. And the second child, she is a girl who has birthmarks all over her body, so she doesn’t like herself and kept herself in an isolated area. Naturally, she became an isolated kid. And in this case, her isolation is inborn. In the fifth stanza there is a change in the poem. The speaker said “But both girl and boy were glad 'Cause one kid had it worse than that.” The speaker said that those two other isolated children think they are glad because the third child is being isolated because of his parents. It is an even worse situation than theirs. Causing isolation by the others is the worst situation. The third kid doesn’t know the reason why he’s going to the church, he’s going there just because his parents wanted him to. And the speaker starts to think again. The speaker thinks isolation is something that shouldn’t happened. And he thinks the third kid, who is isolated because of others is the worst situation.