Question

The question is what is the subject of the poem (Incident in a rose garden) I say it's death. Is this right?

Answer 1

The title of the poem makes use of understatement in the same way as the poem. By titling the poem "Incident in a Rose Garden" instead of, for example, "Death Visits the Master," Justice creates a sense of mystery, of suspense. Readers are never told directly the significance of what is happening but must make the connections themselves. Setting the poem in a rose garden underscores the relationships among death, nature, and human beings and shows the folly of human beings in thinking that they are somehow not a part of the natural world, which includes death.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

If you copy and paste from what Lois posted, you'll be plagiarizing.

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