Coulehan, Jack : Irene

Literature Annotations

	On-Line Text and Audio
Genre	Poem
Keywords	Chronic Illness/Chronic Disease, Disability, Disease and Health, Doctor-Patient Relationship, Empathy, Illness and the Family, Physician Experience, Stroke
Summary	The author poetically describes the neurological deficits left by his patient’s third stroke. Her misshapen words are "small stones and loose particles of meaning "as he attempts to understand her. Her husband, however, states that "her gulps don’t make no sense," emphasizing his perception of the hopelessness of the situation.
Source	The Knitted Glove
Publisher	Nightshade
Edition	1991
Place Published	Troy, Maine
Annotated by	Chen, Irene and Aull, Felice
Date of Entry	08/01/93
Last Revised	01/09/10