The Hospital Window-
The death of a loved one can put unimaginable stress on the loved ones of the deceased. This stress can make one's life chaotic and unpleasant for long periods of time if the mourners do not understand the death. James Dickey, who believes, "poetry is the center of the creative wheel," wrote the poem, "The Hospital Window". The relationship between mourners and death becomes apparent in this "simple 54-line poem . . . about a parent's dying as a transformative experience, and the possibility that love conquers fear." The poem takes place on a city street adjacent to a large hospital. In "The Hospital Window", Dickey uses images which represent life and death to demonstrate that the death of a loved one can make one enter a surrealistic state, in which everyday occurrences appear to be heavenly; however, if one can overcome the death by understanding it, he can then return to a peaceful life. In the beginning of the poem, the images which distinguish life and death show that the speaker perceives normal events as spiritual after leaving his father's hospital room. Dickey's persona enters this state when he is on the hospital elevator. As the
certain period of time, and then dies out. Therefore, the speaker return to a peaceful life. Finally, the speaker comprehends that his amazement demonstrates that the speaker does not clearly remember his his father's life. When the speaker reaches out to the sun, and peaceful again only when the mourner understands the death. This in his life. Additionally, the speaker realizes that he is "not father's life back. At that moment, the glare from the sun reflects father's soul is leaving the body. The speaker "[turns] as blue as a Jobes, the sun represents life. A candle wick burns for only a previous state of mind. By not remembering it, he can more easily proud of his father, hoping that "the dying may float without fear / worse. As in the poem, one must overcome the death as quickly as father looks down upon him from heaven through the "created hue of
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Approximate Word count = 1243
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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