The poem offers a very meaningful message that every student must understand. The three paragraphs depict three distinct phases in three stages of life, which are as follows-The first stage depicts a time when the poetess’s mother was a twelve-year-old girl. The second stage signifies the time after twenty-three years when her mother was in her middle age, during her childhood.The third stage depicts the period after her mother passed away, and the poet was left with her sweet memories only.