On the Poem, 'Mementos, 1
In W. D. Snodgrass’s “Mementos, 1”, we are taken through a wide range of emotions sparked by the speaker’s memories of a lost love when he stumbles upon her photograph taken when they had first met. The speaker reminisces about his journey through life with this woman as well as her image. He appears at times to be talking to the memory of this former love, as well as this traveled and forgotten photograph.The poem begins with the speaker sifting through his “old / Canceled checks, old clippings and yellow note cards/ That meant something once”(1-3). These are pieces of his past, which are useless, yet kept, perhaps in a dusty drawer- long forgotten. He reacts with horror when among the pieces of his flotsam; he discovers the photograph of his former wife and love. “Your pict
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Approximate Word count = 539
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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