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Poem - 6,A MANDA’ By- ROBIN KLEIN

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About the Poetess, , Robin Mc Maugh Klein is an, , , , Australian author of books, for children. She was born, on 28th February 1936 in, New South Wales and now, resides near Melbourne., , She had her first short story, , , , published at the age of, sixteen. Several of her, books have been listed for CBCA Children’s Book of, the Year Award. Hating Alison Ashley”"Halfway Across, the Galaxy’, ‘turn left’ and ‘Boss of the Pool ‘are some, , of her famous writings.

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Title Justification :, The title ‘Amanda’ is quite suitable as its, central character is a young girl,, Amanda. The poem sketches the mental, state of a young girl, nagged and, reprimanded continuously by her, mother. The control on her is so, constant that she has mentally switched, off and has chosen to live in her own, beautiful inner world, free of restraints.

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INTRODUCTION, , Every child feels that he/she is, controlled and instructed not to do one, thing or another. The child feels that his/, her freedom is being curtailed. In this, poem, the poet Robin Klein expresses, the views of a small girl, Amanda, about, liberty in life. How does the girl react to, the restriction imposed upon her by her, , parents is very interesting.

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Theme of the Poem, , In this poem, Robin Klein has raised the, issue of too much parental restraint on the, children. It is true that children start, behaving in a sulky manner if they are kept in, too much restraint. They suffer from several, kinds of psychological issues including, being moody and too much imaginative., , This poem depicts the state of a little girl's, mind who is constantly instructed about do's, and don'ts by her elders. She is told not to, hunch her shoulders and to sit up straight. She, is told to finish her homework and tidy her, room. She is forbidden from eating a chocolate, that she has. But all the time Amanda, keeps, dreaming of a life of a freedom in the open., She dreams of mermaids in the sea, of, roaming barefoot in the dusty Street and of the, golden- haired Rapunzel who lived alone in, high a tower. She takes no note of what is, , being said to her. Then she is reserved for, being moody and sulking all the time.