After reading this long poem, I am a bit confused as to what was going on in the story. It is not exactly a list poem, but W.D. Snodgrass does return to the objects. I think the objects that he keeps going back to are the focus and this poem is in the view from the objects. My reason for guessing this is because the poem does go back to the object, the poems talks about the person that once lived in the room and the room itself.
In the beginning of this poem, as I was reading this I was starting to think that this poem was telling a story of a murder and the only objects are the silent objects all around the room. And the red is to represent the rage and anger and blood of the murder. But continuing reading, that idea slowly vanish and I became lost as to what is happening. Maybe what would help is if this poem was spaced out in its format. Not changing the writing, but separating a section so that it can be a bit easier to read and not to see it as a long list going down.
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