Plot and Details
This person is the primary addressee of the poem and was deeply loved by the speaker
Who is the speaker's father?
The photographs represent this
What are memory, guilt, and emotional fragmentation?
The poem is mainly about this
What are grief and guilt over her father?
This part of the psyche feels guilt
What is the superego?
The speaker focuses on this object throughout the poem
What are photographs?
"Pretty ones" symbolize this
What are lost innocence and cherished memories?
The poem reveals internal conflict in this way
What is the tension between memory and guilt?
The Id appears in the poem by this
What is through bursts of raw emotion and grief?
This emotion dominates the poem
What is grief?
The father's belongings function symbolically in this way
What is unresolved emotional conflict?
Loss is portrayed psychologically in this way
What is emotional fragmentation and unresolved fear?
The Ego tries to manage this
What is her intense emotions vs. her responsibility to cope?
The speaker is mourning this significant event
What is her father's illness and approaching death?
The act of looking back symbolizes what
What is confronting repressed guilt and grief?
This core issue drives the speaker
What is her guilt and regret surrounding their relationship?
This represents the Shadow
What are her guilt and unspoken fears?
This is what the speaker means by "All my pretty ones"
What are the memories and people she is losing emotionally/physically?
____ is one symbol that represents the Shadow
What are the fading photographs or painful memories?
The poem conveys this psychological message
What is it that unresolved emotions haunt the psyche until confronted?
Projection appears in the poem by this
What is she projects blame and regret onto objects/photos?