The Names Billy Collins Summary

In “The Names”, Billy Collins uses repetitions of names to designate the astronomical quantity of 9/11 victims, and to share his desires of the victims to not be forgotten as time passes by. Billy Collins goes on to present that these names are still pertinent and are almost everywhere around us, however he is unsure that these names are pertinent in future time. As time vanishes, people incline to forget events that have occurred, and this is something Billy Collins desires not to transpire for the 9/11 victims. He hopes that the readers remember the sufferers of the 9/11 attack.
Billy Collins utilizes a metaphor in line fifteen to show how the names of the 9/11 victims were ubiquitous. “Names written in the air” (15) Billy verbally expresses