An Iraqi Evening Poem Summary

The title of this poem that i am analyzing is “ An Iraqi Evening”. The first thing that comes to my mind when i read this is that it must be just what happens on a normal night in iraq because there was no significance of the evening or anything.

It is taking place in a house in Iraq with 2 little boys, a little girl and a mother. They are showing that even though there father is not there at the moment that he is still there in there hearts. The reason that i know this is because when they say “ten iraqi eyes glued to the screen in frightened silence.” the reason that this is so significant is because if you count there is only eight eye that should be on the screen. Than later on it said “ the mother raises her eyes to a photo on the