This Is Just To Say Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory

This entire poem centers on these plums—they were saved, then they were eaten, leaving the person who saved them with no plums for breakfast. So sad, the premature death of these plums. They were...

This poem sets up a kitchen scene. We see an icebox, plums, and we can imagine the later breakfast (sans stone fruit). The poem itself is probably a note on the icebox. This image shows us a lot ab...

This whole poem is an apology for eating pilfered plums. But our speaker doesn't let us know that until the very last stanza. However, we can see hints of his guilt throughout the whole poem.The Ti...