Katharine Tynan's poem "Any Woman

2. Katharine Tynan
• Katharin Tynan is a poet and
novelist born in Ireland.
• The poem “Any Woman”
Presents the all-embracing
power of a woman to hold a
family together.

3. Summary of the poem
Any woman is a powerful poem written by
Katharine Tynan. The poem expresses the sentiments
and emotions of women who are the backbones of
the family and society.
The poem presented as if it is the voice of the
women. In this poem the Tynan speaks about the
sacrifices made by the women for the support and
security of her home.
The mother in Any woman says that she is the pillars
of the house and keystone of arch without which the
roof and wall would fall and house will be destroyed.

4. The mother is also like a twist or a knot in the ring that holds
every strands together. She holds everybody in the family
together.
Finally the poet says that her care and hard work in the
house which may make her children wonder whether she has
a thousand hands.
In the poem she is also compared the mother as a ‘mother
bird’, who builds her nest, feeds the children and makes their
bed with her own soft feathers.
The poem ends with the mothers prayer to Jeasus, to keep
her alive till the children grown.

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