So begins the poem the vacuum cleaner s revenge by patricia hubbell.
The vacuum poem theme.
The vacuum by howard nemerov.
The house is so quiet now the vacuum cleaner sulks in the corner closet its bag limp as a stopped lung its mouth grinning into the floor maybe at my slovenly life my dog dead youth.
At the same time its presentation of decreation is precise which makes it depressing to read.
The vacuum is a very organized poem in terms of using words to symbolize something else.
Howard nemerov s the vacuum is structured around a central pun that of the vacuum.
In this poem the persona misses his wife very much and is unable to run the vacuum his vacuum cleaner.
The vacuum the house is so quiet now the vacuum cleaner sulks in the corner closet its bag limp as a stopped lung its mouth grinning into the floor maybe at my slovenly life my dog dead youth.
It s national poetry month and with inspiration as close as our own vacuum labs we wondered how many other poets.
Went into that vacuum cleaner and i can t bear.
The vacuum cleaner sulks in the closet line 2 because there is old filth everywhere she used to crawl in the corner and under.
I ve lived this way long enough but when my old woman died her soul went into that vacuum cleaner and i can t bear to see the bag swell like a belly eating the dust and the woollen mice and begin.
I ve lived this way long enough but when my old woman died her soul.
I ve lived this way long enough but when my old woman died her soul went into that vacuum cleaner and i can t bear.
Howard nemerov was a highly acclaimed poet often cited for the range of his capabilities and subject matter from the profound to the poignant to the comic james billington remarked in his announcement of nemerov s appointment to the post of united states poet laureate.
Slovenly life my dog dead youth.
The theme of loneliness.
Grinning into the floor maybe at my.
Howard nimerov s the vacuum in this poem the personal is an old widower who has vacuum in his life.
The vacuum cleaner sulks in the corner closet its bag limp as a stopped lung its mouth grinning into the floor maybe at my slovenly life my dog dead youth.
I ve lived this way long enough but when my old woman died her soul went into that vacuum cleaner and i can t bear to see the bag swell like a belly eating the dust.
To see the bag swell like a belly eating the dust.
The vacuum felt by the persona was left by his dead wife which implies that he is very lonely.
However the poet has managed to incorporate a serious tone to make the poem captivating.
The vacuum cleaner sulks in the corner closet its bag limp as a stopped lung its mouth.
