Phantasia For Elvira Shatayev

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the character of the speaker. Her "yes," as well as the group's, work together to create a great feeling of strength by compensating for individual
weakness. This is reinforced in the second journal entry when she writes, "We know we have always been in danger down in our separateness and now up here together but till now we had not touched our strength." Danger has always been there for them; separate or together; but it wasn't until "now" that they truly found their safety in each other. Their common goal brings them together and helps their strengths to overlap and conquer their fears.
Along with this strength Shatayev also seem to carry a certain jealousy towards her husband. When Rich writes in the third stanza, "I feel you climbing towards me your . . . bootsoles leaving their geometric bite . . . as when I trailed you in the Caucasus Now I am further" Elvira shows her pride in the fact that she has moved on and has now surpassed her husband, her teacher. Although she ...

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that her love is implied, or at that point in time the sisterly love was more important to her. It still leaves the questions in my head, why in her last living moments, did she not mention once the love she shared with her husband, and why th for themselves and his for himself. It is not said, but it is implied by Shatayev that he went on the voyage with the ulterior motive of gaining fame, a selfish goal. These implications show a jealousy that may have clouded Elvira's once true love for her husband.
The descriptions of death intense and at times beautiful. Rich's descriptions in the first stanza makes their deaths seem almost gentle. The picture given when Rich writes, "The cold felt ...

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