What are the themes in "Swinging" by Gillian Clarke and what is the purpose of the author of writing the story? In what ways is the poem similar and...

In
"Swinging," the speaker is mourning the fact
that her daughter is growing up. When
injured, mentally or physically, the
daughter used to come crying to the speaker (presumably her

mother): 

She used to fling her anguish
into 

My arms, staining my solitude with 

Her salt and grimey
griefs. 

The speaker uses the word "solitude"
here and this is significant. When her
daughter is not with her, she feels alone. The daughter
used to cry in her
arms thus making her feel not alone, useful. But now that the daughter is

older, she remains alone. The daughter is possibly an adolescent and intends to face her
own
griefs rather than retreat to her mother. In fact, the speaker indicates
that the daughter is
rebelling: "I, her hatred's object." The daughter is
swinging until she is parallel
with the sky, going farther away from her
mother (the speaker) who is on the ground.
The...