Mariana

English

11 May, 23:28

Analyze the first stanza from Meinke's poem, The First Marriage.

imagine the very first marriage a girl

and boy trembling with some inchoate

need for ceremony a desire for witness:

inventing formality like a wheel

In this, the first stanza from the poem, marriage is viewed as:

Select one:

a. an important tradition (Incorrect)

b. a required ceremony (incorrect)

c. a dying institution

d. an unnecessary step