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Mary Karr Still Memory Summary

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David Reich
Mrs. Adams
AP Literature
Poem Response 3: Still Memory
The poem Still Memory by Mary Karr is a memory from the authors childhood. It starts in her childhood house when her father has just got home from the late-night shift. The author does a great job of using imagery to describe how exhausted her father looks, “…just home from the graveyard shift smelling of crude oil and solvent”.
Karr also appeals to the sense throughout the poem. She describes the coffee’s smoky odor and her sister’s fast steps across the bathroom tile. Doing this really helps the reader see what it was like at her house while she was growing up.
Another important part of the poem is we find out both of her parents are dead in the eighth stanza. “My parents
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