Original artwork, not a still
The Inn Album · 1875
Womanliness means only motherhood; All love begins and ends there.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker defines womanliness entirely through motherhood and makes an equally sweeping claim that all love begins and ends there. The words leave no room for other sources of identity or affection. This is the speaker's restrictive view, treating one role as the whole of womanhood.
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