Becoming a Woman by Hilary Tham

            "Becoming a Woman" a poem by Hilary Tham. This poem talks about the changes in the life of a girl when she reaches puberty and is believed to be the writer own experience.

        Personally, I don't think this poem is suitable to use as literary text in secondary school in Malaysia. First, the text only target on girl's puberty only. This will probably make the girls feel embarrass in front of other boys in their class. Even though the boys already knew this before reading this poem, they still will make fun about it. Second, if male teacher is conducting this lesson, it will challenge him to deliver the text in a proper way too.

            However, I do agree if this poem is used at home from a mother to her daughter. Mother can use this poem to teach her daughter about the changes that she will face. It also tells how to overcome the menstruation problems with ease. With the help of this poem parents could tell their daughters about the changes that they will have when they reached puberty easily.