Find quotes from this poem, with commentary from Shmoop. Pick a theme below to begin.
Language and Communication Quotes
He said twice over before he knew himself:"Can't a man speak of his own child he's lost?" (36-37)
Power Quotes
He saw her from the bottom of the stairs
Before she saw him. […] (1-2)
Sadness Quotes
"Tell me about it if it's something human.
Let me into your grief. […]" (61-62)
Gender Quotes
"I don't know rightly whether any man can." (40)
Death Quotes
"The little graveyard where my people are!
So small the window frames the whole of it.
Not so much larger than a bedroom, is it?" (24-26)