"Not Waving But Drowning" And "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers"

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"It must have been too cold for him his heart gave way," refers to the loneliness in this man's life. Perhaps he pushed people away from him and lived his life in isolation. Maybe he never opened himself up enough to engage in personal relationships and to love and feel love for another. Or, perhaps he was active in society and took part in social gatherings and hosted parties. And by doing this, he was seen as being happy. But he may have done this just to further disguise who he really was or how he really felt inside. No one really knew him. The irony of the poem is that the very stereotype placed on this man throughout his life ends up being the downfall to his death.

"I was much too far out all my life," could mean a number of things. Perhaps the misconceptions pertaining to this man began during childhood. It's possible that he came from an abusive or unstable household, in which he was ashamed of. And when in the presence of others, he would put on ...

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him to, in a sense, wear a mask concealing his true identity. He may feel as though he's standing in the middle of a crowding room screaming, and yet no one can hear him. It may not be because they're ignoring his screams; it may just be that he is not allowing them to hear him.

This lyric poem creates a type of sullen mood in the reader's mind. The man's struggle is something that can be related indirectly or directly to each reader's own personal experiences in life. In a way, all people put on a sort of act when they're around others. Experiences one has gone through helps to shape who a person is and how others perceive that person. The word "cold" could be used to ...

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