http://briancroxall.net/readwrite/2009/11/monument/ English 310 at Clemson University Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:45:31 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://briancroxall.net/readwrite/2009/11/monument/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Brian Croxall Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:04:21 +0000 http://briancroxall.net/readwrite/?p=511#comment-162 I’m glad you picked this poem to look at, since I think it’s really tricky. And you’ve latched onto what the key question of this poem is (and perhaps the whole collection): what has Trethewey <em>not</em> done? The question needs to be answered, as you observe, by looking at what the ants do. And I think the key action is their piling the dirt on top of the grave. Think about it… I’m glad you picked this poem to look at, since I think it’s really tricky. And you’ve latched onto what the key question of this poem is (and perhaps the whole collection): what has Trethewey not done? The question needs to be answered, as you observe, by looking at what the ants do. And I think the key action is their piling the dirt on top of the grave. Think about it…

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