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Plenty by Isobel Dixon - Poem Analysis. Dixon’s ‘Plenty’ explores childhood struggles and a grown appreciation for a mother’s sacrifices, tinged with nostalgia. Read Poem. PDF Guide. Cite. Isobel Dixon is a South African poet who lives in Cambridge, working as a literary agent.
Plenty. When I was young and there were five of us, all running riot to my mother’s quiet despair, our old enamel tub, age-stained and pocked upon its griffin claws, was never full. Such plenty was too dear in our expanse of drought where dams leaked dry and windmills stalled. Like Mommy’s smile.
Plenty by Isobel Dixon - Free download as Word Doc (.doc / .docx), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. The poem describes the speaker's childhood memories of taking baths with their sisters in a small tub that was never fully filled due to water shortages.
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