07-26-2015, 12:57 PM
Thank you for explaining, the title makes so much more sense in that context. In fact the title sort of works like the key to unlocking the rest of the poem. It's been so long since I've studied poetry that I have forgotten all these hundreds of little things to look for when reading. I still like it, knowing the true meaning. 
One question, where are the men? They weren't tethered with the women and children and that is what made me assume they were on on the trains. Just curious, I like the picture this paints and I have the moms and babies standing in the doorway but don't know where to put the dads.
--Quix
One question, where are the men? They weren't tethered with the women and children and that is what made me assume they were on on the trains. Just curious, I like the picture this paints and I have the moms and babies standing in the doorway but don't know where to put the dads. --Quix
The Soufflé isn’t the soufflé; the soufflé is the recipe. --Clara