![]() ![]() Implied by Jeduthan Hawley, the undertaker, when discussing how people in the town seem to die in pairs (he died in the same week as town prostitute Daisy Fraser). ![]() Invoked more positively by Homer Clapp, who welcomes this outcome.Judge Somers, by contrast, is irate about the contrast between his own "unmarked" grave and Henry's. Chase Henry, the town drunk, is delighted to find himself next to some of the town's wealthiest citizens.All Are Equal in Death: Much to the fury of some of the speakers, who dislike where they've been buried or how their graves are being treated.The Alcoholic: Chase Henry, Benjamin Pantier, Deacon Taylor.Accidental Murder: How Hod Putt got himself executed.Tropes featured in Spoon River Anthology include: It's available on Project Gutenberg, and can also be read online here. The sequence takes the form of epitaphs of people who lived in an Illinois community. ![]() A lesser-known sequel, The New Spoon River, appeared in 1924. Spoon River Anthology is a book of mostly short poems by Edgar Lee Masters, first serialized in 1914 and then collected in volume form in 1915. ![]()
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