Scansion And Analysis Of The Poem 'Tiny Feet'

Part 1: Scansion and Analysis
She began to publish her work with in the early 1900’s century. The theme of the poem is most often of love, betrayal, sadness and loss. The cause of mistreated children and as her travel to Europe, she noticed that the children are been mistreated not taking care of and feeling neglect. This poem is a poor orphan girl who had nothing in life. But try to give to kids that needed that most with no clothes on their back, no shoes on their feet. This poem has brought me sadness, made me feel horrible and ashamed. Sadness because it’s true, child prostitution is a real social issue and a great concern at that. Horrible, because I just couldn’t imagine the plight of a child described in the poem. I was so ashamed that I got shallow understanding about this beautiful piece of art. I felt I wasn’t giving it the respect it deserves.
The stanzas has four line, when you read the poem you can tell that it cold so it might be winter time. When she say that the child feet is bleeding because it has no shoes on its feet. And when people see the child
The title, Tiny Feet, is a phallic symbol, just like the size of a male’s feet connotes the size of his sex organ. There are several imagery and symbols in the poem. The word “snow” can mean indifference. Just like how we describe people who seem not to care at all as cold. “Soil” symbolizes fertility, referring to the vulnerability of female children. Tuberose is a plant that belongs to the lily family. In literature, it means dangerous pleasures. “Two suffering little gems” refers to virginity. As a literary piece, this work is so reflective of Mistral’s style. She’s not a stickler for traditional poetry elements. The most defining element of her works is the strength of emotions she’s able to convey through the various use of metaphors, symbols and