Apparently with no surprise Themes
Man and the Natural World
Sure, "Apparently with no surprise" is a nature poem, but don't go expecting a peaceful walk through a happy field. There are happy flowers here, but they're happy flowers who are getting beheaded....
Death
Once again it's time for everybody's favorite topic: death. Um, yay? "Apparently with no surprise" gives us an unflinching look at the inevitability of the D-word. The cool thing is that it doesn't...
Religion
In "Apparently with no surprise," we find Emily going at one of her favorite punching bags: God. That's right, the Big Guy, himself. After painting a sinister portrait of death, she caps the poem o...