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I Go Back to May 1937 (from The Gold Cell) Sharon Olds Ruhee Advani
‘I go back to 1937’ by Sharon Olds is a beautiful heartfelt poem which subtly brings out the agony of the daughter of parents on the verge of divorce. It is a vivid account of the narrator’s feelings as she looks back on her parent’s past as adolescent lovers and then goes on to reflect on their unsuccessful marriage. This poem expresses her deep yearning to change the course of past events, to go back in time and rectify the mistake-marriage- that caused them all such a great deal of suffering. ... Back then they didn’t know what their life together had in store for them. ... She craves to rewind, go back in time. ... She describes the precise condition of her father-he was ‘strolling about’, which shows how wonderfully carefree he was back then- the exact posture of her mother, with her ‘light’ books. ... Sharon Olds is presenting a scene of happy union whose contrast with the unhappy future she portrays is what I find very poignant. ... They had (I conclude) experienced the sufferings that every teenager goes through thus they were not new to the idea of pain. ... ‘You are going to want to die’ is, I think, the line that most strongly expresses the pain that not only the parents but also the narrator is going through. ...
‘Do what you are going to do and I will tell about it.
Approximate Word count = 1470
Approximate Pages = 5.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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