Womans Work
... However, the daughter was looked upon as being smart and having poise by the mother, and she learned the task of a woman’s work. ... “A woman’s work was nothing less than art.” At the beginning of the poem, the daughter seems to be defending the fact that a woman’s work deserves respect for being a “high art. ... The daughter feels gloomy because she can not go outside and be with her friends, but she also realizes that a woman’s work is considered an art.