Cozy apologia

• "I" "You"


  pronouns show poem is addressed to someone and establishes intimate tone
• "I could pick anything and think of you"
• "My pen exudes, drying matte, upon the page"


  writing reminds her or her husband, equal importance
• "oddly male: big bad floyd"


  mocking

  hurricanes typically female

  personified as playground bully undermining power
• "were thin as liquorice and as chewy"


  simile suggests dissmisive about former crushes as dont compare to fred
• "(twin desks, computers, hardwood floors)"


  suggests Dove's and fred's love is ordinary

  brackets strengthen conversational tone
• "and yet"


  she doesn't care what others think
• Where did rita dove live

  virginia
• who did she dedicate the poem to

  fred her husband