How does Sharon Hashimoto use imagery in What I Would Ask My Husband's Dead Father?

The images in stanza 2 suggest the difficulty of imagining the reality of death as descriptions of dissolution and mortal remains alternate with homey images of the real person who was known and loved. First, the depersonalized idea of a human body is conjured up in the phrase that it is "more than 98 percent water." This is followed by another impersonal image of dying—as spirit steaming from a body. There is the familiar personal image of the man himself in a typical posture, which is followed by another impersonal image of ashes scattered on a mountain. This is followed by a second personal image of the man as he is remembered through photographs.