After reading the poem, I had to find out what the title Convent meant. I found out that the word Convent is a house or residence where religious people, mostly nuns live. Every stanza of the poem seems to contrast two ideas; this makes the poem very interesting to read. The first stanza shows how something so simple light candle light can burn with such color and light but the nun stays colorless (black and white) and lifeless. Stanza two describes how she lies above the trap of the world that is full of sin. Stanza two puts so much emphasis on the height to show that she is on a different level and almost closer to god than the others. Stanza three shows how prayer is supposed to be pure, however, it may not be as interesting in her mind. In the fourth and fifth stanza, it shows the nun staring down at the faces having fun and in contrast, the other nuns praying. At the end she finds herself wondering if being a nun is really for her.
I believe this poem describes the sacrifices one has to make to become a nun/priest. It shows that one will sometimes have urges to be like the others but in the back of their mind, they know that they have made a commitment. Sometimes the urges may be enough to start questioning their religion and start doubting the practice of prayer.
People should read this poem because for any religion, there are sacrifices and traditions that individuals have to make and sometimes people can get fed up with these sacrifices and traditions and start to doubt them and maybe not do them.
its actually about Mother Mary looking down at children and nuns in a convent setting, from the perspective of a statue at the convent.
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