Question

What does the use of imagery convey in these lines from the poem?
The neighbors rustle in and out,
The doctor drives away.
A window opens like a pod,
Abrupt, mechanically;

the chaos and frenzy of a procession

the tense mood in a hospital

the gloomy atmosphere in a cemetery

the atmosphere after a death in a house

Answer 1

As lately as today.
I know it by the numb look
Such houses have alway.

The neighbours rustle in and out,
The doctor drives away.
A window opens like a pod,
Abrupt, mechanically;

Somebody flings a mattress out, -
The children hurry by;
They wonder if It died on that, -
I used to when a boy.

The minister goes stiffly in
As if the house were his,
And he owned all the mourners now,
And little boys besides;

And then the milliner, and the man
Of the appalling trade,
To take the measure of the house.
There'll be that dark parade

Of tassels and of coaches soon;
It's easy as a sign, -
The intuition of the news
In just a country town.

Answer 2

Which one do you believe it is?

Answer 3

D

Answer 4

i think d is it