http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/147.html
Reaction- After first reading this poem, I thought that it was extremely intense. Each character scenario shows how they are suffering in some way. However, I felt that the last part of the poem did not flow with the rest well.
Meaning- Destruction and nervousness were the first things that came to my mind after I read the poem. One character is "has fire" all over him, one is "drowning", and one is "frozen". I think that these metaphors have to do with each individual's lives and how tragic they are. I like this poem because of its indirect way of showing how upset the characters are. Not only are they upset with themselves, but are uncomfortable communicating with one another. Also, because it is a weekday morning, the characters could be nervous to face their day at work. The bus driver is probably either a higher power or a spectator, amazed by how upset and torn the characters are.
Technique- This poem was easy to understand and had vocabulary that I knew. It is a free verse poem that is separated into four stanzas and does not have any punctuation. The only punctuation is a period at the very end of the poem. The first word of each line, however, is capitalized. Each stanza talks about the story of one character. The last stanza however, talks about them all boarding a bus together, with a bus driver observing them, which goes against the single person pattern. There are many metaphors used in the poems and uses imagery well. Also, the poem does not rhyme.
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