That’s great explanation, thank you! Btw, what are the indications that the last stanza was about a funeral home? I understood is as something like these girls studied in a religious school and graduated (or got kicked out) into the world of women, and the nuns click their beads thinking about these girls while they were still in school. I’m not a Christian or American, so I might be understanding things wrong.
I meant to write “funereal” rather than “funeral” — to me the author is using “saying goodbye” (to her friends lost womb) overlaid with them saying goodbye at the end of the school day with the nuns watching to draw a parallel between the two- the loss of innocence starting in an innocent place. But that’s just my reading, it’s not meant to be definitive
That’s great explanation, thank you! Btw, what are the indications that the last stanza was about a funeral home? I understood is as something like these girls studied in a religious school and graduated (or got kicked out) into the world of women, and the nuns click their beads thinking about these girls while they were still in school. I’m not a Christian or American, so I might be understanding things wrong.
I meant to write “funereal” rather than “funeral” — to me the author is using “saying goodbye” (to her friends lost womb) overlaid with them saying goodbye at the end of the school day with the nuns watching to draw a parallel between the two- the loss of innocence starting in an innocent place. But that’s just my reading, it’s not meant to be definitive