Summary Of In Time Of Plague

The structure of In Time of Plague puts us in the mind of the speaker and gives us his view of the conversation that is taking place in the gay bar. The first stanza of the poem it introduces the reader that the speaker is thinking about the plague that is happening within the gay community of AIDS, and despite this he cannot control his sexual attraction. This is shown when two handsome men named Brad and John ask him to shoot up, the speaker is almost hypnotized by these two men’s appearances that he doesn’t care that what’s on Brad and John’s mind is death. In the second stanza it addresses the situation of the speaker, Brad and John are gay and that they are also in a gay bar with people coming in and out of it. The speaker goes on to explain