Suburban Sonnet Summary

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a very caring mother, attentive to her children's needs

"she practises a fugue, though it can matter to no one if she plays well or not"
Imposed submission, having to admit that society doesn't care
* Suburban life is draining her sense of identity, losing it to a domestic role
* Dispassionate ... bluntness creates a lot of sympathy for mother
* Music is usually performed for an audience but no one cares
* No one cares about the mothers talents
* Shows how others view/treat her in society, how little they care for her as an individual
* Lack of individuality challenges traditional Australian values
* Musical reference to the career she could have had

"tasty dishes from stale bread"
An expectation from the media and wider society that the women will glamorise, what is passed its used by date
* Expectations of society being challenged
* Mother cannot glamourize domestic life
* She is trying to but can't
* What society expects vs reality

"The children caper ...

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