Provisions
Provisions - meaning Summary
Decisions Under Uncertain Departure
The poem portrays a small group caught between indecision and a sudden departure, left ill-equipped for a dangerous journey. Practical choices—what to wear, when to go—remain unresolved, and the speakers find themselves exposed on “disastrous ice” with only a few mundane items and a bundle of cards labeled important facts. It registers vulnerability, the insufficiency of plans, and the uneasy reliance on fragile, bureaucratic comforts amid peril.
Read Complete AnalysesWhat should we have taken with us? We never could decide on that; or what to wear, or at what time of year we should make the journey So here we are in thin raincoats and rubber boots On the disastrous ice, the wind rising Nothing in our pockets But a pencil stub, two oranges Four Toronto streetcar tickets and an elastic band holding a bundle of small white filing cards printed with important facts.
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