I Am Offering this Poem The Home Quotes

In comparing his poem to a pot of yellow corn, the speaker uses imagery associated with the home. After all, it's at home that we sit down to have a hearty meal. So, even though these lines don't mention the word "home," they evoke it.

The speaker here compares his poem to a cabin or hogan. Cabins are types of homes, and so are hogans (traditional Navajo dwellings). Here the poem is compared to dwellings that are used as homes. Like a home, the poem can provide shelter.

In these lines, the speaker imagines a visit from his beloved at his cabin. The imagery that's used evokes a comfortable, cozy home: the beloved rests by the fire and feels safe.