Monday, January 29, 2018

In-Class Writing for Gregory Orr's “Gathering the Bones Together”

Consider the fact that the speaker of  “Gathering the Bones Together” saves until the last stanza the info that he held the gun that killed his brother. What effect(s) does this have on you as a reader? How does it change what comes earlier in the poem?


Consider the final image of the bridge of bones. How would you describe this image (what adjective might you use)? What purpose does it seem to serve, as the last moment of the poem?

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