Tomorrow when the farm boys find this / freak of nature
-- Speaker (Lines 1-2 )

Importance: Because the title of the poem is "The Two-Headed Calf," it is clear that in these opening lines, the term "freak of nature" refers to the calf (2). The alliteration of the "f" sound in "farm," "find," and "freak" clarifies that this is the farm boys' perspective, which stands in for the general perspective about the existence of the two-headed calf (1-2). The genetic mutation that led to the calf having two heads designates him as a spectacle to most people.

they will wrap his body / in newspaper
-- Speaker (Lines 2-3)

Importance: Here, the speaker describes what will happen on the following day when the farm boys come across the two-headed calf's body. On a deeper level, using newspaper to wrap and carry the body holds significance. Newspaper symbolizes current events and connectivity, and carries the possibility for incomplete reporting. Simply seeing the calf as...