The setting of new technology, both in the form of "iron stairs through the roof of the building" (Old) upon which the man is standing and in the form of "tiny campfires we lit at night, back at the beginning of the world" (Old), allows this man to be imagined in a world that the readers find familiar, in turn, making this poem more relatable. ... Guin described the town in great mental detail such as, "In the streets between houses with red roofs and painted walls, between old moss-grown gardens and under avenues of trees, past great parks and public buildings, proces...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate