This poem is describing a look into a family’s life. The poem is going through the home and the people describing them in a way that you can tell from items in their home. It’s describing the people and their height. The way they were poor because of canned preservers which are cheaper products. It discusses the unfarmable land in which the house is located on. It shows small things like the covering of windows when it gets cold to keep the house warmer. The child’s toys indications of the child’s presence in the house the poem discusses failure, despair, abandonment, and different ways of seeing something from an outside perspective