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The poem is written in the voice of an old woman in a nursing home who is reflecting upon her life. Crabbit is Scots for "bad-tempered" or "grumpy". The poem appeared in the Nursing Mirror in December 1972 without attribution. Phyllis McCormack explained in a letter to the journal that she wrote the poem in 1966 for her hospital newsletter. [4]
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[4]: 131 The tone of her poems is "matter of fact" and the grammar marked by "cool clarity". She rarely uses more than a single comparison in a poem, and the economy of her imagery allows her "to exercise the subtle modulations of tone which are her true strength", [4]: 132 with metaphor conveyed through diction. [4]: 133