... picture is painted in the reader's mind. After the events have happened to the speaker, the next events are described: After immense suffering someone takes tea on the lawn. After the terrible moans a boy washes his uniform. After the history lesson children run to their toys (1719) This shift takes the reader out of the speaker's position to show how lightly the horrible actions are taken because the people mentioned in the ... salvage my wedding ring," (12). Connecting to this first line, the last line says, "Turn thee unto me with mercy, for I am desolate and lost," (40). The first lin...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... cold passionless eyes are a reflection of what it is she is gazing upon, and at the moment of the story, it is Chandler. Ironic that chandler perceives more from his wife through the distance of a photograph, a dim analysis of a living creature and its entire existence by the pixel fabrications of a picture. This is symbolic of Chandlers detachment from an outside, inspirational world, that holds lines ... having a poetic moment as another article of clothing that he can meticulously adorn upon himself, and show pleasingly to the ranks as they offer praise. The position of a poet is som...

• Word Count: 3141
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate