Daily Archives: February 27, 2012

In the poem” Death’s Theater” the main theme is, as the title subjects, death. This theme is shown by the author throughout the poem making the title the controlling metaphor; the author achieved this by making the poem a description … Continue reading →

Presentiment is that long shadow on the lawn Indicative that suns go down; The notice to the startled grass That darkness is about to pass. Presentiment is an instinctive feeling of something to come, a premonition (“indicative”). Atwood uses the … Continue reading →