The poem is at first starting in its economy: Even the title has to be a part of it. “This” may mean a ‘note’ left on the table, or it may also confess his guilt for everyone through ‘this’ poem. Besides the economy, the familiar setting and the dramatic situation clarified by a few words is also notable. The poem is amazingly simple in diction. Only the thought-provoking truth makes it short of being a child’s poem.