Firelight
Read 'Firelight' by 'Katherine Mansfield' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.
Playing in the fire and twilight together,
My little son and I,
Suddenly--woefully--I stoop to catch him.
"Try, mother, try!"
Old Nurse Silence lifts a silent finger:
"Hush! cease your play!"
What happened? What in that tiny moment
Flew away?
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