Stop all clocks, cut off telephone

In “Stop all clocks, cut off telephone” the speaker seems to be mourning the loss of a man that they loved. The speaker I assumed to be a woman, possibly the widower of the man she speaks about losing. It is a very sad poem, you almost feel like you are inside her body and feeling the loss for yourself. She wants to turn the world off and believes that nothing good will ever come. The speaker doesn't want to be bothered with people from outside the walls of her home, she feels as though she will be alone forever and seems to want to be. I believe this poem is an elegy due to the mourning of the man’s death. It is dramatic and vivid, you are able to feel what the speaker feels and you feel as though you may have known the nameless man who died. I liked this poem because of its ability to grab you in and keep you interested throughout. The simple to the point nature of the poem allows the reader to understand what the poem is about without the possibility of missing the point, this is a nice change to some of the harder poems that we have read!