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After talking about this poem in class, I agree with the general idea of what everyone thought the poem was about. It reminds me of someone at the end of their life looking back on everything they have done and all of the memories that they have. When the creature takes a bite of his heart, he admits that it is bitter but is okay with that. It is like he understands that everything that happened may have caused him to be bitter and he might not have been the best person through it all, but it is still him. There is nothing that he can do about that and accepts it. Stephen Crane is more know for his novels and short stories than he is poems. However the poems that he does write have themes such as fear, spiritual cries, and social isolation. In this poem I feel a sort of spiritual cry. He is having a sort of epiphany and closure. Crane also believed in realist ideas, naturalism, and impressionism.