How does the poet use imagery in the poem, Two-Headed Calf?

Gilpin uses simple and straightforward language in her poem “The Two-Headed Calf” that generates powerful imagery. In the first stanza, the term “freak of nature” stands out as the dominant perspective about the two-headed calf (2). This perspective belongs both to the farm boys (who will find the calf’s body) as well as to most people in the general public. Displaying the calf’s body at “the museum” shows the way that his existence is sensationalized (3). The calf’s only value is as a spectacle to be gawked at. That the body is wrapped “in newspaper” further contributes to the idea that most people won’t have the full story (3).