Towards the end of the poem, Bishop returns to the centralize theme of comparing her loss of certain objects to losing her loved one. Through the concepts of growing tragedies over an object, Bishop includes her “mother’s watch” to serve as an alluding factor to symbolize the things that she loves and has lost. Like the key, the watch holds great emotional values as its an essence of memories and love through daily life. However, the two items significantly contrast as the key held a more causal value compared to the watch, which held a more sacred value and meaning due to family inheritance. After the watch becomes lost, Bishop’s growing tragedy expanded and became harder to overcome as the item held a connection between her and the love for
