The site argues that the episode could be read as "Roseanne's frantic attempt at bonding with a daughter whom she is suddenly and perhaps for the first time seeing something of herself in.
[1] SplitSider wrote that Whedon handles "potentially maudlin moments" like Darlene's recitation of a poem about her insecurities with "earnestness and heart."
The site also thought that the "casual name-dropping of [poets] Edie Brickell, Chrissie Hynde, or Rickie Lee Jones" seemed out of character for a "middle aged working-class mother" and seemed to be entirely Whedon's work.
[2] TaylorColeMiller stated the episode showed a powerful expression of "stripping of agency" as Roseanne "forc[es] Darlene to participate in a cultural forum in which she has no interest".
[8] Hitfix also commented on the poetry-related fight between Roseanne and Darlene in the middle of the plot, which speaks volumes about the role of success and failure in parenting.