eden rock

Question 1

the sky whitens…

Answer 1

…as if lit by three suns

Question 2

SMILE

Answer 2

• religious imagery- heaven- father, son, holy spirit
• 3 of them- links to heaven
• enjambment+ caesura - this is a story
• contrast to opinions of death- writer is comforting himself and others??
• endstopped final line- finality of death/ only 1 line instead of a stanza-could imply that his story has yet to end?

Question 3

‘see where the stream path is!…

Answer 3

…crossing is not as hard as you think

Question 4

i had not thought…

Answer 4

…it would be like this