On the Death of Friends in Childhood by Donald Justice
It’s a six-line poem that does not rhyme. The tone of the poem is one of sadness for lost friends and regret that they have not grown to old age so that their friends can " meet them bearded in heaven" or " sunning themselves among the bald of hell." Justice suggests that their ghosts can be found “ in the desert schoolyard at twilight.” This image is of the afterlife that these children would share together. Their activities would be “forming a ring or joining hands” as everyone once did in childhood. He suggests that the way to find them is for the other ones to search “in the shadows” of their memories. The image he paints here is one of “bearded” or “bald” old men whose memories of friends are “shadows.” These men have forgotten the names of games they played as children. The images that the poet uses vividly show the old people trying to recall the memories of friends they have lost years ago.
A Route of Evanesce by Emily Dickinson
It is an eight line that does not rhyme. It seems to be describing humming bird -its wings, its color; it’s sound, by means of a sustained metaphor. The revolving wheel the poet mentions is referring to the wheel of life which is ironic because life is always changing and slowly coming to a close and the title have the word evanesce which means gradually vanishing. The images and the words like emerald bring vibrant color and images to the readers mind.
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