Lochhead doesn't need
to finish the sentence
because the
connection between
mother and child is
universally
experienced and
understood
Superlative
"too smothering
much"
Overpowering/excessive
love
Emphasises the 'Catch-22' situation that mothers
find themselves in where they can never get it right
Hyperbole
"Absolutely everyone's
mother"
Emphasises the way that mothers tend to 'mythologise'
themselves because of the power imbalance in the mother child
relationship that gives the mother the power to create narratives
that romanticise her experiences - possibly also the desire of
children to romanticise their mothers