While reading the readings, Anne Bradstreet's "In Reference to her Children, 23 June, 1656" was the one poem that interested me the most. I really enjoyed how she used birds as a metaphor for her children. I was not only interested in it just because birds are my favorite animal, but because this poem seemed to be the only one I understood. My favorite sections from the poem were, "Great was my pain when I you bred, Great was my care, when I you fed, Long did I keep you soft and warm, And with my wings kept off all harm, My cares are more, and fears than ever." and "Among  your young ones take your rest, In chirping language, oft them tell, You had a dam that loved you well, That did what could be done for young, And nursed you up till you were strong, And 'fore she once would let you fly, She shew'd you joy and misery; Taught what was good, and what was ill, What would save a life, and what would kill?" I really enjoyed these parts because I feel like they both really show what motherhood is about. She talks about her pain she experienced when she gave birth to them and how much she cared. She kept them soft and warm and protected them from harm. Also her cares and fears have greatly increased since having them. She even goes on to give advice to her kids for when they have kids of their own, to make sure you teach them right from wrong because that's what she taught them and will ultimately determine if they will survive or not in this world. Which is a huge responsibility for mothers to make sure their kids live long enough to even have kids of their own. These are all things you would experience as a mother and I thought she did a good job of portraying that.