Saturday 26 November 2016

In Mona Van Duyn's "Earth Tremors Felt in Missouri," what is the "quake last night"?

's "Earth Tremors Felt in Missouri" opens with the line:


The quake last night was nothing personal...


Between the title and the first line, earth tremors have changed
to a more violent "quake." This, of course, reminds us that earth tremors in one place
generally mean an earthquake somewhere else. Missouri, right in the heart of America, is not a
place one normally associates with earthquakes (or, for that matter, with strong emotions) but
the southeast of the state is part of the New Madrid Fault, which experiences some seismic
activity, and its inhabitants feel the tremors of...

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