These sufferers are quickly placed on the stretchers and "stowed" into the ambulance, or "little hospital." Upon arrival, the "quick soft silver" bell beats rapidly, but somberly beats once when departing the scene, adding to the feeling of emergency and the finality of death. ... This line is not only showing how quickly the medics are working, but also their level of concentration and order of priorities. ... He depicts one police officer making notes, one cleaning blood, and one hanging lights on the wrecked sheet metal that was once a recognizable automobile. ...

• Word Count: 759
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Although Alfred harps on the same notes of longing and dismay, he wields the harp with masterful consuetude. ... At first, his views could be interpreted as cynical; but this poem does instigate deeper thought within the reader, which quickly rebounds any thoughts of cynicism, and opens the gates of poetic interpretation. ...

• Word Count: 487
• Approx Pages: 2

And by practicing these everyday losses one learns to quickly and easily cope and move onward. ... Bishop leads into this revised statement by remarking, "I shan't have lied"(17), noting, "After I come to terms with this loss, then I won't have lied". ...

• Word Count: 850
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate