Formal Application

The speaker's tone could best be characterized as

Dispassionate

The meaning of the title is most clarified by

The seventh stanza

The primary underlying device evident throughout the poem is the use of

Adverbial transitions

The antecedent of "it" in line 23 is

Bird (line 16)

The poem conveys the impression that the poet

Disapproves of what he sees as the cold cruelty of modern society

The capitalization of "Modern Man" (line 21) serves to

1 only

The last stanza provides a shock to the reader by

1, 2, and 3

The single line in italics directly under that poem's title is

A quote from a magazine used to clarify the meaning of the title

As used in line 9, "pot" means

Hit