Death and Vegetation
As we well know, the subject matter of this poem is anything but sunshine and daffodils. So, it makes sense that Erdrich's descriptions of the natural world do not incorporate a whole lot of said s...
Animals and Beasts
While Erdrich may not give us a physical description of the Windigo in her introduction, from her descriptions within the poem we can tell that the Windigo resembles some sort of furry beast, like...
Hot n' Cold
No, we don't mean the Katy Perry song. The poem deals often with the juxtaposition between hot and cold, between the deep, dark winter as embodied by the Windigo, and the warmth of the food in the...