Reference no: EM13760427

Interpret the poem "Headland" by Christina Gerogiannis.

I will be writing a literary explications, I do not need that written, just an interpretation of what this poem is describing, what the theme, tone, ect. of the poem. Thank you.

1

There is no sadness
but held in the bedroom of the
rented house from two years ago.

I should say no
definite sadness.

2

On the dresser:
a small sample of jasper.
Late summer, the house smelled of bleach.

In every corner we tried
to clean it of the day.

3

The telephone rang in the living day.
After that, the prepared slideshow, the
walking in and walking out.

The photos on corkboard.
The ordeal over.

4

The quilt stained white in places
from mopping bleach onto the ceiling
and not moving the quilt.

I could smell bleach underneath and
thought of the acres around the house.

5

Here, in the driveway,
is Celeste in her workout clothes.
This is the ending of everything.

Quarries, unfamiliar, not
just unfamiliar-

6

Home is over for use.
Here, in the kitchen,
we learn of a new death.

Celeste is polite and leaves. Acres surround
the house, protection from nothing, really.

7

In the living world I collected rocks
and minerals, and was interested in
telescopes, meridians. Hills, quarries-

the land at home, whatever it was.
At this hour, clean. Later, start again.