Edward

This poem is veeeery strange to me. It is basically a conversation between a mother and her son in poetic form. The son kills a hawk, a steed, and his father. It can be interpreted that the mother had some incentive for her son to do this. The last line of the poem is a quote from the son. "The curse of hell from me shall ye bear, such counsels you gave to me, O." This proves that the mother talked the son into the murder of her husband, the only question is why? Also throughout the conversation, the son seems to be ashamed and remorseful of his crime...that would be why he is planning to run away from it. The whole tone of this poem is creepy and dark. Everything that is unknown adds to the suspenseful attitude conveyed. Also, the author is anonymous...