Everything you need to understand or teach The Selkie Wife's Daughter.
“The Selkie Wife’s Daughter” is a seven-stanza free-verse poem by American poet Jeannine Hall Gailey. It was originally published in 2006 in her first full-length collection, Becoming the Villainess. It revisits an ancient folkloric story through the eyes of a half-human, half-selkie girl who inadvertently returns her mother to the sea. This poem explores themes of feminine power, captivity, and family dynamics.
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