Election Day
Election Day - context Summary
Composed on Election Day
The poem presents a brief, quietly observed scene on Election Day: warm sun, still air, and an old man sitting in the doorway of a dilapidated house, gently stroking a spotted dog. It freezes a small, intimate moment amid signs of decay — boarded windows and fallen plaster — suggesting attention to human presence and ordinary tenderness rather than political fanfare. The poem foregrounds silence and humane detail over civic spectacle.
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