The author uses metaphors to give the reader a better interpretation of the actual scene of the accident looks. It gives a eerily clear picture of what it looks like. “And down the dark one ruby flare, Pulsing out red light like an artery.” This part of the poem, in the beginning contrasts the light coming from the ambulance to the blood of the pulsing artery. “The ambulance at top speed floating down”. This gives the picture that even though accidents happen in a split second the afterthought and the scene of an accident is slow. Everything slows down for whoever is affected by the accident, whether it be the people who were involved or the passers by. The ambulance floating down represents time slowing. “Wings in a heavy curve, clips down” represents the same idea. People going along with everyday like with their “wings” are clipped and they slow down to see the accident sight. “The doors leap open, emp

The theme of this poem is extremely powerful. Its is one that makes you think of life in a different perspective. The theme is death. All people know that they are going to die one day. The author says “For death in war is done by hands Suicide has cause and stillbirth logic; And cancer, simple as a flower, blooms.” All people know the logic when you die from an illness or a war. It has a cause. There is nothing mysterious about it. The author says “ But this invites the occult mind Cancels our physics with a sneer, and spatters all we knew of denouement Across he expedient and wicked stones.” The author is talking about death in the car accident. How it doesn’t have any logic or reason but happens and shatters lives. “Who shall die?” Meaning nobody ever knows who is going to be next in sudden death. This poem just makes us wonder why?

Tone is a big part of this poem. The author is very anxious to find out something in the poem. They want to find out why it is that people have to die so suddenly and in accidents this way. It doesn’t seem fair to them that in an instant their life and the lives of so many other people can be changed in such a fatal way. In my opinion the author must have had some personal experience with a car accident. The way the poem is described in such great detail makes me think about this. It is possible that they lost a loved one in an accident and by writing this poem as a form of therapy, they gained some of the answers they needed. The author cares about people, and puts a lot of emotion in the poem. The tone is sad and curious, just that of a car accident. Sad for the victim and their family, and curious for all the onlookers that drive by who are interested in what happened.

Life can be taken away at any moment and there could be no reason behind it. Car accidents are something that affe

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