Bring on the tough stuff - there’s not just one right answer.
- Compare and contrast the imagery and themes of this poem to Dickinson's "After great pain, a formal feeling comes."
- How does the meter of the poem jibe with its overall meaning?
- Compare and contrast the way this poem uses the image of blindness to the way Sophocles uses it in Oedipus, the King.
- For this next questions, do a little research into the philosophy of Existentialism. What do you think a hardcore Existentialist might have to say about this poem and its speaker? Why do you think so?
- If this poem were a Ben and Jerry's flavor what would it be? Why?