Home Burial Symbolism, Imagery & Wordplay

This poem does not merely take place in a home. It actually uses the rooms and the structure of that home to make meaning. Now there's a nifty trick. In addition to relying on the home setting, thi...

Paging Dr. Phil. This couple has some major communication issues. Even worse, some of their communication issues are about communication itself. What a mess. We've got a man who doesn't know how to...

Sure, we don't know much about the actual kid who's dead and buried in this couple's backyard, but we know a whole lot about that couple's reaction to that death and burial. And as it turns out, th...