... dark". In the final stanza, the speaker's allusion becomes apparent as he calls on the themes of cheap fiction to show what he has inevitably become, writing "[d]on't read much now: the dude/ who lets the girl down before/ The hero arrives, the chap/ who's yellow and keeps the store,/Seem all too familiar." By alluding to cheap fiction ... ...

• Word Count: 794
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Graduate