Title: the poem could be about a man named Upton Wood or a place called Upton Wood
Paraphrase: Three people were hung and ravens ate their eyes. People were afraid to go to Upton Wood. The ravens ate the bodies. The first was crazy; the second asked God for help and the third was a young boy. The boy was guilty by association and it has not been to long since he was hung. No one liked to go there except one girl. She see their ghost. She died and now she dances with the young boy. She was the daughter of the sheriff who hung the three people.
connotation: "eyes like blue ice" simile "picked well clean the six dead eyes" imagery maid not scared vs. everyone being scared life vs death youth vs. life juxtaposition
Attitude/tone: gloomy dark unnatural ironic
shifts: "the third was a lad" shows more focus on the boys death "but the maid came there who felt no fright" the girl was the only one not afraid indicates shift from life to death
title: Upton Wood is a place where people died and were hung
theme: death can happen at anytime so don't hurt the people others love because you can lose your love one at anytime
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