Untitled

The first thing that caught my attention to this poem is the fact that it's called untitled. Why wouldn't the author give this poem a title? Although this poem is only one stanza, there is a very "in your face" point proven in the poem. This poem is so simple and straight to the point that it makes the reader want to think deeper into the theme behind the text. The fact that he is eating his own heart shows that he is relishing in his own pain. It kind of symbolizes how humans rather feel pain than nothing at all, and that really every human is naked and alone in the world with all this emotion that we don't necessarily know what to do with; it shows individualism of every human that exists. Emotion is what makes us human, and although bitter at times, it is a very valued trait that humans get to experience. As for the desert setting, I see it as symbolizing how humans are all alone and have nothing but themselves, but it least we have emotion that we can express. The setting definitely sets the mood for the theme that Crane is trying to get across, and the dialogue helps to bring in the dramatic affect of the bitterness of the heart that the author feels. Although a simple poem, there is plenty of meaning behind it.