The Power of Inclination

Coulehan, Jack

Primary Category: Literature / Poetry

Genre: Poetry

Annotated by:
Aull, Felice
Chen, Irene
  • Date of entry: Dec-10-1996
  • Last revised: Oct-06-2015

Summary

The wife of an alcoholic is at her wits' end, realizing that love for him and the ruin he has made of their lives cannot be reconciled. She entertains the thought of killing him "quickly, not piece by piece / like he killed me," if the medical system won't take him off her hands.

Commentary

Here, it is the patient's wife who needs attention, and who is the focus of the physician's observations.

Primary Source

The Knitted Glove

Publisher

Nightshade

Publisher

Nightshade

Publisher

Nightshade

Publisher

Nightshade

Publisher

Nightshade

Publisher

Nightshade

Place Published

Troy, Maine

Place Published

Troy, Maine

Place Published

Troy, Maine

Place Published

Troy, Maine

Place Published

Troy, Maine

Place Published

Troy, Maine

Edition

1991

Edition

1991

Edition

1991

Edition

1991

Edition

1991

Edition

1991