This is one of my favorite poems by Randall Jarrell and one of my favorite poems. Analyze it line for line and read it many times over to understand each lines meaning.. <br /> <br />From my mother's sleep I fell into the state <br />And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze <br />Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life, <br />I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters. <br />When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose. <br /> <br />-Randall Jarrell<br /><br />Patrick Dumas<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-death-of-the-ball-turret-gunner-3/
