They All Just Went Away Poem Analysis

This poem makes me think that for how innocent the poem’s wording is, there appears to be a foreboding tone behind it. You have to wonder was that poem that left in all of the guests rooms intentionally or was it purely coincidental and simply an innocent nursery rhyme? Not only is the poem talking about how all of the soldier boys depart in one way or another, but there is also the fact that there are ten toy soldier figurines. Do these harmless things represent the people who have come to stay or are they merely pretty knick knacks to look at?

2. “You lost touch with the world--an island was a world of its own. A world, perhaps, from which you might never return.” (Pg 25)

What is strange to me is how even those these objects are childish,
Saying that it is a world of its owns makes me think that the island is secluded and is inaccessible to outsiders.

3. “There was nothing hidden in this house, nothing concealed. It had no atmosphere about it. Somehow that was the most frightening thing of all….” (Pg 47)

This quote provides an image where the house’s pristine and ordinary impression is causing an air of uneasiness. From this quote I can gather that when there is nothing to be afraid of, a sinister and suspicious aura can still be felt. Will this feeling about the house stay the same or is it merely a sense of being uncomfortable. How does this mood affect the conflict of the
“Yes that was it-- frightened! She looked like a woman who walked in mortal fear… A little shiver passed down Vera’s back. What on earth was the woman afraid of?” (Pg 23)

5. “Queer business when you think about it--the whole thing was queer--very queer…..” (Pg 21) (repetition)
This quote uses the word queer more than once and this has the effect to where it leaves an air of questioning and throughout the book the word queer is used over and over again. Christie manages to keeps us in suspense even though she uses an omniscient third-person narrator. Take the moment that the guests realize they’re the only ones on the island. Suspense is a major mood in the story as it is up to the reader to try to figure what is going on by inferring and using the subtle clues that are given throughout the story.

6. “In the midst of life we are death” (pg 53) (mood)
This quote makes me think that this book has a deeper meaning as it goes into depth about life and death and it leaves me the message of how there are some things that we should and cannot decide for ourselves. From the character’s perspective, it feels that they are simply acknowledging our mortality. Life is only temporary and despite our best efforts to try and evade death, at one point or another we meet our fate as it seems like our unsuspecting visitors have.So even though they are alive at this point, somewhere along the