Ezra Pound astonishingly explains in his poem that why a poetry works so well if it is written in free verse. “A girl” explains the feelings of a girl suffering from Apollo. The poet tells the girl that she is a special child of God and she should always treat herself as being equal to others. She should in fact be proud of herself instead of being ashamed. If God has made her this special way this means that she is different from others.
The poet has explained the difference between the girl and other girls by means of the imaginative vegetation that grows on her body. When the poet says “The tree has entered my hands, The sap has ascended my arms, The tree has grown in my breast -Downward, The branches grow out of me, like arms.” , he is explaining that how this girl is special and entirely different from others. No other girl has this specific vegetation grown on her body; be it imaginative.
Pound actually by the means of this simple yet brilliant poem explains the fact that, if any human being be it a girl or a boy is born with a disability, they have the right as a human being to remain happy and to be treated as equal always. As the vegetation keeps on growing on her body, the world tortures her more and more and more to an extent that the girl is dis- heartened.
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The poet says that this is the time when the girl needs to stand up and show the world that she is as capable as others in performing any task that she is assigned. Pound says that if now she takes a step backwards, it will be impossible for her to make the world understand that what they think is a blemish is in fact her major strength, the strength that will make her succeed in her life despite all the adversities she is facing. When the poetess states that “You are violets with wind above them. A child – so high – you are, And all this is folly to the world.” he states that actually the girl is proud of her disability instead of being ashamed; the girl in fact does not care what the world thinks about her and is determined to carve her own destiny all by herself.
When the girl feels sad, she thinks that she has been cursed by a Cupid because of some mistake she has committed but soon she is filled up with hope and energy that if she does not care what the world thinks about her and if she is determined to move forward, she can achieve whatever she desires. A day will come when everyone who were pity of her disability, would be amazed of her achievements. It will be on that occasion that her being on Earth would be successful. The girl is working hard to make both ends meet so that she can prove herself to the world.