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Comment 1 of 1, added on November 7th, 2007 at 9:09 AM.
Richard Bone is an engraver who is paid to chisel words on epitaphs.
Although he knows some of the epitaphs are lies, he is trapped into
performing the job, and because he must work to survive, he ignores the
truth. This poem uses metaphors to compare Richard Bone to an historian. An
historian writes what he researches. However, in Bone's case, although he
knows the truth, he has to hide it from the townspeople of Spoon River. His
last name Bone symbolizes death. Death is his living. He works in a
graveyard.
Ramirez victor from United States
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Richard Bone is an engraver who is paid to chisel words on epitaphs.
Although he knows some of the epitaphs are lies, he is trapped into
performing the job, and because he must work to survive, he ignores the
truth. This poem uses metaphors to compare Richard Bone to an historian. An
historian writes what he researches. However, in Bone's case, although he
knows the truth, he has to hide it from the townspeople of Spoon River. His
last name Bone symbolizes death. Death is his living. He works in a
graveyard.
Ramirez victor from United States