The Annotated Edition
Mother, any distance by Simon Armitage
- Poet
- Simon Armitage
- Composed
- 1993 · Contemporary
In copyright · excerpt not reproduced
Read the full poem at Faber & Faber, 1993.
Our analysis below quotes only short phrases from the poem under fair-dealing criticism and commentary. The complete poem is available through the publisher above.
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AO1 — Interpretation + textual reference
In 'Mother, any distance,' Armitage presents the mother-son relationship as both sustaining and constraining, suggesting that love can become a form of tethering. The son acknowledges his mother's indispensable support — highlighted through …
- AO2 — Language, form, structure (with effect)
- AO3 — Context woven into close reading
- Comparison hooks
- Common student errors
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