A poem in this collection uses the metaphor of laying out a mousetrap to demonstrate that "a man can never avenge himself /
A poem in this collection uses the metaphor of laying out a mousetrap to demonstrate that "a man can never avenge himself / On the monstrous ogre Life." Another poem in this collection describes a vicious cycle in which a boy steals an apple, can't find work because he is labeled a thief, and is forced to steal more to survive. This collection includes a poem warning "degenerate sons and daughters" that "Life is too strong for you -- it takes life to love Life." That poem is about Lucinda (*) Matlock. The best-known poem in this collection describes a woman "weddedÂ… not through union, but through separation" to Abraham Lincoln. This collection's first poem asks "Where are Elmer, Herman, Bert, Tom, and Charley," and answers "All, all are sleeping on the hill." For 10 points, name this collection of musings by deceased residents of an Illinois town, by Edgar Lee Masters.
A poem in this collection uses the metaphor of laying out a mousetrap to demonstrate that "a man can never avenge himself /
Spoon River Anthology 