Crazy twist!

In the poem "Edward", the pattern of the poem is one tool that helps me identify the irony of the poem. So firstly, I will describe the pattern. Each staza is broken up into Edward saying something to his mom, his mom replying, then the next staza is introduced. We know who is talking because the two call each other by name when talking to one another. However, here is where we understand the irony of the poem party through the pattern. Whenever Edward says "Mother, Mother", that is the only way her refers to her. He never calls her dear or any other word that shows much affection. However, when he confesses that he killed his father, he refers to his father as "my father dear." This represents how he still had affection for his father when he killed him meaning he did not do it out of anger or hatred of his father because he had affection for him. Then the last line of the poem is what solidifies this statement and expands on it further by Edward saying, "Such counsels you gave to me, O." In this line, Edward is saying that his mother was the one who told him to go kill his father. This is where the irony plays in because the mom is never really seen as being the bad person of the poem until this final line.