The Lanyard poem of Billy Collins is about the recognition of the support of a mother to her child and how a child can show their gratitude. The analysis of this poem revel two things. The first is the greatest of what mother did for her children and the impossibility to repay it by its value. The second is the symbol of gratitude that children must show to their mothers. Even if some people think they are able to repay what their mother did for them. It is impossible to estimate the contribution of parent because it is not limited to materials things
Billy in his poem the Lanyard thinks it is impossible to repay the equivalent of what parents and particularly, mother did for her children for two reasons. The first reason he presents concerns
