The importance of historical context in Muriel Ruckeyser's "Poem" is significant in order to understanding the primary themes. There are many primary themes in the Ruckeyser's "Poem" such as war , living during war time, etc. but you get the jist as you read it , a central theme in the poem as already mentioned is war and being alive day to day in these times of war , and the historical context in Muriel Ruckeyser's "Poem" helps better understand the central themes of what it was like to live through the war times. In "Poem" by Muriel Ruckeyser , he states , "I lived in the first century of world wars. Most mornings i would be more or less insane, The newspapers would arrive with their careless stories,The news would pour out of various devices; interrupted by attempts to sell products to the unseen.I would call my friends on other devices; They would be more or less mad for similar reasons ." There it shows the emotions and thoughts of people during the time of war.
