In Creve Coeur, Missouri

From the reading, How to Write about Poems, the poem, In Creve Coeur, Missouri by Rosanna Warren, gained my interest. It combines imagery with the story telling of a split second in time. The line breaks in the poem work very well. An example of this is in the fifth stanza, second line which reads, “Tell us that she will stand / again, quarrel and misbehave.” This line break allows Warren to rhyme hand with stand and still continue with her explanation. A final aspect of the poem I enjoyed was the ending. As I was reading I thought that the girl would end up living. The twist in the end of the picture winning a prize but the little girl not making it both brings closure to the poem but also keeps the sad theme that came out. One aspect of the poem I didn’t understand was the rhyme scheme. In the beginning of the poem it seemed to have an ABBA pattern but that isn’t the case.