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Quote #4
until at last morning broke the cold earth
and I carried you home,
a river shaking in the sun (22-24)
Morning light arrives and begins to melt the icy earth, and we are left with this final metaphor likening man to nature, a river shaking in the sun. Is it possible that the Windigo has finally thawed, its wintry darkness melted in the warm, spring hands of the child?