Please help me explore the following poem.

Question

Silence
The blind spins up
snatched by the window frame.
I gaze at this blank day.
Here are the trees so very green
against the blanched sky;
no clouds, no fog
just the back of a mirror,
a pearl in shadow,
a marble sepulchre.
Beneath, grey fences stained with rain,
a pewter water-slick on the concrete drive.
You do not call or write.
Even to one trained for years
In the interpreting of its dialects,
silence is a cold and difficult language.

 

1) Identify and discuss the possible purpose or purposes of the poem.

 

Thanks so much!

Answer 1

This poem evokes darkness and sadness. In the third lines of the poem, the day is described as "blank", is used to describe the sky as result of bad/rainy weather. It almost seems like the character is dealing with the effects of not hearing from a friend.The poem also uses "silence is cold and difference language" as metaphor to describe the feeling of hurt from losing a friend.