In Sharon Old's poem, "35/10", a story is told with the writer speaking through the mother. The poem was about a mother, perhaps a little envious of her daughter. The title of the poem symbolizes the age of the mother and daughter, the mother is 35 and the daughter is 10. I think the writer uses imagery when she talks about the mother brushing her daughter's hair. I visualize the mother and daughter sitting in the daughter's room, in front of a white dressing table, brushing their hair. As she looks at her daughter in the mirror, the mother realizes that as she is getting older and perhaps less attractive, her daughter is starting to blossom into beautiful, young women. Sharon Old's poem consists of an 18-line stanza. The speaker's tone changes by the end of the poem. At the beginning of “35/10,” I get a vibe of jealousy from the speaker, the 35-year-old mother, when she notices her daughter's shiny, silky hair and sees the gray coming through her own hair. The mother wonders why as she gets older, her skin becomes dry and flaky while her daughter is like “…a wet flower.” The author ...