"Driving to Town Late to Mail a Letter" by Robert Bly

In Driving to Town Late to Mail a Letter, Robert Bly uses a serene and content tone with the use of imagery and diction to show how winter creates a quiet and relaxed atmosphere. It provides people with more times to do what they want to do. “The main street is deserted” giving him a certain sense of “privacy” which he loves. The “swirls of snow” and “the cold iron” that he notices are the only things that he has to worry about. There is nothing to bother him. He simply just wants to “waste more time” driving around because he loves the beauty and serenity that winter provides for him. Everything becomes quiet and still during winter and he enjoys the simple beauty of it because it gives him more time. Bly shows how winter creates this kind of atmosphere with his use of imagery, tone, and diction.