This is seen in the lines: Our brains knive us Wearied the night is silent Low our memory of the salient Worried by silence nervous ... It is interesting to note though, that Owen at the end of this description of sudden movement, ends this stanza (as he does most of the stanzas in the poem) with the words but nothing happens. ...

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• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Pontellier returns home from his night out and awakens Edna, claiming that one of their sons had a fever. ... This sends Edna out into the night to cry. ... Edna notes that it felt good to wake up in a bed that had a "sweet country odor of laurel."" ...

• Word Count: 4173
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School