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Hwy 1 By Brian Turner

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In the poem “Hwy 1” by Brian Turner, the speaker of the poem shows the grimness and beauty of death by focusing on a road that has seen the death of people, cultures, and animals. Throughout the poem, we see the transformation of the road throughout the years. The speaker opens the poem by describing a route painted with the deaths of many—young and old. “It begins with the Highway of Death, / with an untold number of ghosts / wandering the road at night, searching / for the way home (6).” We can see through the descriptions the speaker gives that these ghosts are perceptibly unaware of their body’s condition, for they are still attempting to find their way home. Turner gives us a beautiful look at death by describing the life of a ghost as

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