eden rock

• what is the poem about ?

  the poet is recalling a memory of his parents young and having a picnic, he recalls very pacific details about the parents, the poem then reveals the parents are dead and in the end they are encouraging and guiding him to cross the river
• what themes does the poem show?

  • deep and lasting bond
  • nostalgia
  • distance
  • death
  • memory
• "eden rock" - biblical reference to garden of eden, peaceful, perfect, paradise
• "old H.P. sauce bottle" - shows how the poet remembers the littlest and specific details about the memory showing how much it mean to him