Have you ever had feelings toward an inanimate object, either for nostalgic reasons or purely because of preference? That object can sometimes seem as though it has a personality of its own and there exists a seemingly dynamic relationship between you and it because of the attachment you feel. This is precisely what Clare Rossini describes in her poem, “Final Love Note”. Rossini uses vivid imagery and word choice to personify the old elm tree …showed first 75 words of 812 total…

…showed last 75 words of 812 total…the view of the sky that has replaced the shade of her beloved tree. The words “garish” and “harshly” have a very ugly and negative connotations, and describing the sky as a “drafty ceiling” is not very flattering. The tree became a living personality to the speaker of the poem. Although we all may not have experienced the intensity in our inanimate relationships that Rossini’s speaker did, we can all relate to her loss.