<span>These last two lines sound even more nihilistic than existential, as the reader might envision Keats himself standing alone on the edge of the universe, trying to get perspective and reflect on these fears</span>
Answer: it emphasizes the displacement of the speaker's family.
Throughout the poem, the author maintains an extended metaphor about swimming. As she tells us the story of how her family escaped the island, she talks to us about swimming, drowning, the beach, the pool, etc. This is intended to emphasize the displacement of the family. Alvarez feels lost and adrift, much like we would feel if we were lost at sea.
When it comes to life and nature, Jack London and Robert Frost have different perspectives various things that they agree upon but others that they do not.
Semi-vegetarian I believe.. or pollo-vegetarian.
