"February" ~ #8

The speaker has a grumpy and sort of dismal tone. The poem takes place during winter, which tends to bring out a grumpy and dismal attitude in people. The poem speaks of the idea that procreation is bad. I'm not sure what idea could be much more grumpy or dismal. For some people, February (being the month of Valentine's Day)is a month of despair. The poem includes a sort of tone that says, "maybe we shouldn't bother with it." At the end of the poem, the speaker calls the reader to action. The reader is called to go do something, and get out of bed.