This poem explores Ginsberg's grief after his mothers death. He explores their relationship, life in New York, and relationship with his Jewish background. the Kaddish is a Jewish hymn praising God, with the Mourner's Kaddish being a very noteable varient.

The poem general takes the form of a long poetic narrative story, which dashes used throughout. The end of Part II ("Hymmnn") reads like a hymn, a reference to the title "Kaddish".

Part III dives deeper into their relationship, specifically how his mother's mental health impacted them, emphasised by his repition of "only to".

Part IV emotionally lements the aspects of his mother's life he left out, before delving into these aspects of her life and hardships -- repeating the phrases "O mother" and "With your eyes of...".

The final part, Part V, repeats "caw caw caw" as Ginsberg stands over her grave, mimicking the sound of crows which are often associated with death and graves.

This poem references Buddhist practice, of which Whalen was a Zen practictioner. The Bodhisattavas appear to him and tell him he will be a rishi (a sage). This poem explores disillusionment with the world; although he loves the world, he is unhappy with its current state and wishes for a change to come.

This poem explores a fraught interaction between the speaker and her brother whom she seemingly bowed to. The doubt cast on whether she actually bowed and constant repition that she did in fact bow to her brother when she saw him suggests the bow was someone performative and to a degree, unwilling (maybe accidental). Stein experiments with a lot of puncuation (periods) in the middle of the lines and semntences, lending the poem this disjointed and unnerving feeling.

A conconction used in hoodoo to ward away unwanted people from the home.

Despite the speakers affinity for nature and animals, the expeirence of a snake encountering a snake always fightens them. The snake is an animal a lot of people are afraid of and is often a symbol of deceit, which is another aspect of humanity that people feel threatened by, and even afraid of.

Beautiful imagry of how a snake (the narrow fellow) moves in the grass. The grass parts around the snakes body as a comb parts through hair.

Distilation in reference to the intoxicating smells, also could be a play on intoxicating alchols also distilled

Abeyance: a state of temporary suspensio

Shows that even in this time period, the chimney sweep is so young that it is strange they are not accompanied by their parents.

Weep as in to cry also how a common articulation issue children have is dropping certain letter, in this case it could be the 's' from 'sweep'. Could be an allusion to the central theme of innocence and childhood which is being stolen.

"clothes of death" refers to the chimney-sweepers clothes which are black from soot (like funeral clothes) and also how he child will likely die from the labour he is forced into.

Normally one would say the opposite, but Wordsworth here is stressing the importance of childhood and value of children and innocence. You are a child before you are a man thus your childhood lays the foundation for your adulthood. This idea echos the opening line where his reaction to seeing a rainbow he childlike wonderment even though an adult has probably seen many rainbows.

All lines are iambic, with line 6 having only 2 iambs. Makes the poem very singsongy.

Unlike the melting frost heard in the wind, should the frost return and freeze them, they would be silent. Silent, quiety shining to the quiet moon: all these tie with the idea of a "secret ministry of frost" as secrets should be kept quiet.

"Eve-drops" are "heard" could be a play on the word "eavesdrop". It likely refers to the drops of water from their house's eave caused by the melting snow (sunthaw).

Sunthaw as in the heat of the sun. Picturesque and flowery description of snow melting on a roof, leading to misty evaporation (smoke) from the suns heat. The thaw is also which signifies the end of winter.

Refering to nature and God's presence in nature as a great universal teacher. Clear demonstration of Coleridge's spiritual understanding for nature: as the earthly representation of God and how he hopes his child will learn from it.

Switch from ABBA in first 8 lines to ABACB in final five lines

Iambic pentameter