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Computer Metaphors and Their Meanings In the poem “Marks” by Linda Pastan, the speaker resents the way she is treated by the members of her family. Linda feels dissatisfied because she does not feel that her family respects her enough as a mother. Linda wrote the poem ”Marks,” whose main theme was the metaphor of school grades. The poem does a great job of showing Linda’s true feelings, as well as the possible idea of her dropping out. I think that Linda chose this metaphor to describe her family because she feels that her family is judging and grading her performance at home. According to the poem, Linda does not feel appreciated by her family. Instead she feels like she is a servant or a maid to them. The quote, “My husband gives me an A for last night’s supper, an incomplete for my ironing, a B+ in bed.” (Pastan) makes Linda feel like she is just being used for her services, and not loved for being a wonderful wife. The remark by her son has enough power to make any parent feel discouraged. The quote, “My son says I am linda, family, metaphors, poem, mother, feel, being, because, way, think, son, really, reader, pastan, metaphor, marks, job, feels, writing, wife, topic, something, saying, quote, put, provide, passage, message, make, lack, jobs, item, idea, husband, home