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‘Babysitting’ by Gillian Clarke is a two-stanza free verse poem about a babysitter who is having a hard time babysitting a child because of her own fears of abandonment. The entire poem is focused on the emotions of the babysitter and the emotions she projects on the baby.
This poem portrays the feelings of a woman who is looking after another baby, not her own, and her fears about not being able to connect with the child or comfort it if it awakes.
These poems about baby girls capture the immense love and joy that they bring into our lives. Whether it's the awe-inspiring miracle of their arrival, the wonder they awaken in us, or the dreams they inspire, these verses celebrate the beauty and innocence of these precious little ones.
There’s Aunt Alicia, the baby girl, curls spiraling over her shoulders, her hands cupped around a bouquet of flowers. Only four years old in that picture, and already, a reader. Beside Alicia another picture, my father, Jack, the oldest boy. Eight years old and mad about something or is it someone we cannot see? In another picture, my uncle ...
The poem begins with the birth of a “girlchild” who is immediately given all the toys she will need to learn how to be a good mother and wife. She has a “GE stove” and a baby doll, which requires diaper changes. The girl is immediately being trained in her future subservient role.
Analysis. The poem looks at a babysitter’s feelings baby-sitting somebody else’s baby and wishing it was theirs. The poem begins with a sense of feeling out of place in ‘a strange room’ not at home, listening ‘for the wrong baby’. This is because she does not love ‘this baby’.
Poets have often turned to childhood as a theme for their poetry, but what about pregnancy? In this post, we collect together some of the best poems about expecting a child, being pregnant, and giving birth, as well as the experiences of bringing a new life into the world. 1. William Blake, ‘ Infant Joy ’. I have no name. I am but two days old.—
