What Has Happened to Lulu?

What has happened to Lulu, mother?

What has happened to Lu?
Theres nothing in the bed but an old rag-doll
And by its side a shoe
Why is her window wide, mother,
The curtain flapping free,
And only a circle on the dusty shelf
Where her money used to be?
Why do you turn your head, mother
And why do the tear-drops fall?
And why do you crumple that note on the fire
And say it is nothing at all?
I woke to voices late last night,
I heard an engine roar.
Why do you tell me the things I heard
Were a dream and nothing more?
I heard somebody cry, mother,
In anger or in pain,
But now I ask you why, mother,
You say it was a gust of rain.
Why do you wander about as though
You dont know what to do?
What has happened to Lulu, mother?
What has happened to Lu?

The persona and his mother cannot find Lulu in her room
in the morning.
They only see an old rag doll and a shoe.
The persona asks about his missing sister.
The window is open and the curtain is flapping.
A circle on the dusty shelf indicates the money-box is
missing.
The persona wants to know why his mother is shaking her
head crying.
She has crumpled up a note and thrown it into the fire.
She says it is not of any importance.
The persona hears people talking and
the sound of engine late at night
But he is told it was all part of a dream
He also heard someone cry either in pain or anger
but the mother tells him it was a gust of rain

The persona cannot understand why his mother looks

helpless and does not know what to do about the
situation.
He is confused about the whereabouts of Lulu.

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Grief & love
over a lost
child

Feelings of
helplessness

Running away
from home/
problems

THEMES

Appreciation of
family love &
concern

No one is
exempted from
having problems

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MORAL VALUES

We should not think of

running away from
home

We should be
concerned about our
parents feelings

Everyone , young and old, has to face

We should not give

parents and siblings
reason to grief / be
sad

Every problem can be solved if we work