Notes on the Assemblage
What does the "Soap Factory" represent in the poem, The Soap Factory, from the collection, Notes on the Assemblage?
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In the poem, The Soap Factory, the factory represents the harsh economic, socio-cultural, and political circumstances of immigrant workers in America. On another level, the setting can also be seen as evoking the experiences of living and being made to work in a World War II Nazi internment camp.
Notes on the Assemblage