Body Image By Raymond Carver Essay

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A partner is waiting for him to come with her together and if he finally joins her, they can goes to see in the heaven. Love is cannot be dead because its reality and existence. A man fell love in his wife as a long time as they are together, and he couldn’t taking his eyes off on her. He think she is a beautiful woman and also, if she getting older, he still think she is beautiful no matter what. They are getting a strong bond. The couple doesn’t want losing each other, so they want to stay living forever till they will getting older and until death in love. Some time people have no idea how do they have been keeping together so far. Well, they are called love each other even though if they have some fight about things or unworthy things. …show more content…
He would like to convey on writing with what is his imagery with love. He was thinking about how he would to write on his poem. Imagery is meaning when people are reading on the words, they can making images or they’re making sense including touch, sound, smell, or sight. “His wife in her bath. At dressing table in front of the mirror. Undressed.” (lis 5-6) and the stanza has shown an imagery including sight. The stanza is meaning the wife was taking a bath in the tub, and she was sitting on the dressing table before she could get makeup or clothes. Carver wanted to show people what they’re feelings about the stanza. It is not a pervert or creepy. If the reader were in the poem, and they will sighting at the wife in there. It is a sight and smell. Also, the other stanza is “His wife with her hands under her breasts looking out on the garden.” (lis 7-8) and it is perfectly to make an imagery because it is making sense when readers can imaging it. And the last stanza is “And was put down next to her” (lis 14) and Carver want to persuade the readers how he feel to related what other people have lost someone they loved. Also, it couldn’t stop them because they are the worth people. Carver know people want to be prepared to be die next to someone they loved and it has shown an emotion including

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