AQA Unseen Poem - Mark my answer please!

Can I just say: I'm the poet and I don't think I'm saying anything about parenthood! The child in the poem finds out how to be a creative artist all by himself.

Whoever this is, whether it is the real poet or not, how can you "think", surely you should know if you wrote it? You literally made this account just to say that?

Yes, I am the writer and I said "think" quite deliberately. Meaning, in a poem or any other piece of writing, is a two-stage process: it is created not only when the words leave my pen but when they enter other ears or eyes. The poet's version of what a poem "means" is not necessarily privileged above the reader's, and hasn't been since Adorno. I was not consciously speaking of parenthood in that poem; that does not mean others cannot legitimately read that theme into it. It's a very old-fashioned attitude to suppose that there is only one way to read a piece of writing. As for your last sentence, I was not seeking your approval for why I made the account.

And what are your opinions about the interpretations I gathered from the poem about parenthood?

btw, I took this from the AQA Unseen Poetry Guide (CGP) which set the poem and the question so I didn't choose this topic, I simply put down my interpretations and what you possibly could have been implying.

Didn't expect to meet the poet ehh...
what would you give it out of 18? I know it is quite horrendous, I would expect 11/12, you'll be able to mark it honestly seeing as you have an A* in your igcse..

I don't know the poem itself, although I did notice in your essay a grammatical error which I would personally have penalised. And you do seem to make some very general comments which I could be picky about. But then again, I do this myself, so I won't be mean about it. I think it's a decent essay and could range between 10 and 15 out of 18, depending on the marker, to be honest. But don't take my opinion to heart as I'm not a teacher myself!