In my opinion, the lines that reflect the themes of barrenness and emptiness are 4. The jar was gray and bare and <span>5. It did not give of bird or bush, / </span><span>Like nothing else in Tennessee. The jar in Stevens' poem epitomizes the effect and positioning of civilization within nature. Apparently, nature (nothing, that is everything else in Tennessee) still has powers which the futile and barren civilization doesn't have.</span>
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Buck becomes a leader primarily because of the recognition he receives from others, human and non-human. And that is the key to Buck's transformation from being some kind of sultan in sunny California to a leader of any pack worth its salt, in which he exercises with camaraderie, respect and courage
McKay personifies America as a woman who feeds him "bread and bitterness" and who sinks her "tiger's tooth" into his throat. By using the pronouns she and her to refer to America, McKay turns the concept of a country into a person who can cause the narrator harm even while he loves her. The effect of this personification turns the relationship between the narrator and his country into a more personal relationship, full of the conflicting emotions that come along with loving a person.
