# Let Her Go explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by James McIntyre.

## What happens

A brief poem in which a child pleads with their mother to be allowed to go to McIntyre's to buy a sofa.

## Character check-ins

### James McIntyre

Referenced as the proprietor of the store where the sofa is to be purchased.

## Key lines

> Will you please to let me go, Ma, To McIntyre’s, to buy a Sofa.

The speaker asks their mother for permission to go to McIntyre's store to purchase a sofa.

_The entire poem consists of this single request._

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/let-her-go
- Book: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/poetry_12_se
- All chapters: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters