Topic Proposal

1. Return Baggage by Wislawa Szymborska
2. It is a tragedy that some children have died young and will be missing out on a lot of things in life.
3. I think the first three stanzas are the most important to this text.
4. "Like wealthy people passing slums" "Here lie little Zosia, Zacek, Dominik" "Malgorzata.." "Rafalek.." "Zuzia..." "stripped of the sun, the moon, the clouds, the turning seasons." "Didn't stash much in their return bags.." "Small scale naughtiness.." "Before they grew to.." "Darkness, a light bulb's flash, then dark again?" "KOSMOS MAKROS CHRONOS PARADOKSOS"
5. No
6. The features described in 4 contribute to message by making you think about what is being said, give you a better image, and accent the seriousness of the situation.

Theses:
In this poem the narrator speaks as if he is walking through a cemetary and is thinking about the children that have died young, the value of life, the things that they are missing, how they died, and the brevity of life.