In the Spoon river Anthology, Edgar Lee Masters develops regret in his poems, Richard Bone, Doc Meyers, and Mrs. Merrit. Throughout the whole book regret is shown in almost every poem, but the three I listed above are the strongest ones.
The first poem I picked was Richard Bone. This poem is about the guy that carves the epitaphs in the headstones. At first he didn't know what to think about his job, it seemed odd to him what some of the people brought him to write. One of the quotes from the poem was, “I chiseled whatever they told me.” This quote shows regret in many ways. The main reason it shows regret is because even if it wasn't something good about the person he still wrote it. He who did more for the people in the town than any other doctor. He helped the weak, the halt, and the improvident. Even the people who could not pay flocked to him. He was healthy, happy, and …show more content…
This poem summarizes the life of a doctor trouble crying, I tried to help her out but she died.” Soon after the newspaper disgraced him, his wife perished of a broken heart, and at last pneumonia finished him.
The last poem I chose was Mrs. Merrit. This poem illustrates regret in the form of an affair gone wrong. Mrs. Merrit of thirty five was married was at fault when her lover of nineteen killed her husband. She warned her lover to leave to go away but he would not. She soon regretted ever having and affair. Before she knew it the little regret turned into a huge burden of regret hung over her conscious. Her words “And just as I feared, he killed my husband”, shows her regret. Then she was sentenced to thirty years in prison and the regret of a lifetime to hang over her forever.
In the poems Richard Bone, Doc Meyers, and Mrs. Meritt Edgar Lee Masters shows regret. Throughout the entire book Spoon River Anthology Regret is shown in almost every poem, but the three I named were by far the strongest
The first poem I picked was Richard Bone. This poem is about the guy that carves the epitaphs in the headstones. At first he didn't know what to think about his job, it seemed odd to him what some of the people brought him to write. One of the quotes from the poem was, “I chiseled whatever they told me.” This quote shows regret in many ways. The main reason it shows regret is because even if it wasn't something good about the person he still wrote it. He who did more for the people in the town than any other doctor. He helped the weak, the halt, and the improvident. Even the people who could not pay flocked to him. He was healthy, happy, and …show more content…
This poem summarizes the life of a doctor trouble crying, I tried to help her out but she died.” Soon after the newspaper disgraced him, his wife perished of a broken heart, and at last pneumonia finished him.
The last poem I chose was Mrs. Merrit. This poem illustrates regret in the form of an affair gone wrong. Mrs. Merrit of thirty five was married was at fault when her lover of nineteen killed her husband. She warned her lover to leave to go away but he would not. She soon regretted ever having and affair. Before she knew it the little regret turned into a huge burden of regret hung over her conscious. Her words “And just as I feared, he killed my husband”, shows her regret. Then she was sentenced to thirty years in prison and the regret of a lifetime to hang over her forever.
In the poems Richard Bone, Doc Meyers, and Mrs. Meritt Edgar Lee Masters shows regret. Throughout the entire book Spoon River Anthology Regret is shown in almost every poem, but the three I named were by far the strongest