For My Daughter (M.A)

This poem is written by Weldon Kees in 1962. The poem is 12 verses long and the rhyme scheme is ababccdedeffgg. The poem is about a father who finds his daughter dead after, what most probably seems to be an accident, maybe in the river.
The first few stanzas mention how he tries to see past her "innocence of morning flesh concealed" which could symbolize the while and fresh skin that usually shows, but it is now concealed by death.
The winds have messed up her hair and the seaweed has injured her hands, which tells us that his daughter most probably died in some body of water.Furthermore, the "night's slow poison and tolerant bland, has moved her blood" symbolizes how the night, which is considered to be dark, has come over her and has made her cold blooded and completely white in the face.
He then describes her physical attributes, that the age that used to be seen is now foul and lingering with death and the slim legs that are green could be covered with seaweed. He also considers her looks to be like the bride of syphilis or a fool, which means it is fresh. And then he says how they are a sour sight in the sun and that he now has no daughter. And maybe does not want another one again...