However, what give the poem individuality are the three refrains where each of them is placed after every two stanzas. The exclamation marks in the refrains are used to express the speaker’s vehement emotions towards the pain as well as the struggles he is getting through when trying to commit suicide. The similarities between the first two refrains: “But it was Cold in that water! It was cold!”and “But it was High up there! It was high!” demonstrates the speaker’s fear as he almost experiences the frightening features of death. The word “but” also reveals the speaker’s effort to explain why his determination fails as death approaches him.