Harwood's structuring of the poem disconnects the speaker's vision from the main body of the poem, reinforcing that it is only a dream – the indentation literally separating it from reality. ... This transformation in the speaker's approach to death is evident in Harwood's return to the water motif, in which she describes "peace" with death as the "light on the face of the waters"; portraying death as a baptismal return to innocence in cleansing water. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate