Find quotes from this poem, with commentary from Shmoop. Pick a theme below to begin.
Man and the Natural World Quotes
Mostly, though, it smelled of milk, and the patience of animals; thegive-offs of the body were still in the air, a vague ammonia, not unpleasant. (2.8-9)
Death Quotes
Nothing lasts.There is a graveyard where everything I am talking about is,now. (3.1-3)
Sadness Quotes
Yet the moth has trim, and feistiness, and not a drop of self-pity. (4.7-8)
Literature and Writing Quotes
Welcome to the silly, comforting poem. (1.1)