Spoon River Anthology, Calvin Campbell summary
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In Calvin Campbell, the speaker asks why plants sharing air and soil produce either poison or sweetness, then turns that contrast toward people who blame Spoon River. He questions responsibility for an inner will that sustains itself yet cannot turn its surroundings into a different kind of growth.
What happens
- Calvin Campbell addresses people who resist fate and asks them to consider plants growing on a riverside hillside.
- He contrasts poison ivy with arbutus, which draws sweetness and color from the same surroundings.
- He points out that both plants flourish despite their different products.
- He challenges those who blame Spoon River to consider the will within them through another contrast between weeds and flowering plants.
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Which two plants draw different products from the same air and soil?
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