his first "because" (line 9), showing how he is trying to think of reason for the killing. Sound is used to justify the theme revealed throughout this poem.
             In Sharon Olds's, "The Planned Child" a boy who dislikes his planned conception is used to show how one should appreciate what they have, because not everyone is as fortunate. As a friend points out how the boy was a wanted child, the boy realizes how fortunate he is to have a mother that couldn't live with out him, "the world that was not enough for her without me in it" (line 18).
             "As if sliding the backbone up out of his body" (line 3). The backbone is the central part of the body and a person cannot live with out it, thus this simile shows how much the planned conception bothered the boy.
             "The world that was not enough for her without me in it" (line 18). This directly symbolizes that she had planned his birth for good reasons and ultimately showing how much he meant to her.
             "I would have liked to be conceived in heat and haste, by mistake" (line 6-8). This alliteration emphasizes how the boy hated that his birth was planned and wished that his birth took place in a harsh environment, in which he wasn't as wanted.
             The author stresses thankfulness through out the poem as the boy goes from hating his planned conception, to appreciating and accepting it. The author once again directly states the boy's negative opinion on the subject of his birth in order to support the tha
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