Souls of the Labadie Tract, Susan Howe : Poem 85

Souls of the Labadie Tract - Susan Howe

pg. 85

      The poem style is direct and short since the length is only containing five lines entirely. The poem is separated into two segments. The first segment describes the setting of the poem, which is occurring during daytime.
Rhythm is noticed as the stanzas have a longer sentences at the beginning of the poem. A juxtaposition appears since the day is described as passing by quickly yet it is described in the longest sentences.
    The poem ends abruptly as the sentences become shorter and contain less two of the five lines in the second segment. Otherwise there is no definite structure of the entire poem.
This poem creates a belief is something with no actual positive reason. Like working hard and to no end since there is no success, which is practically pointless.