Hirsch develops a distinct tone when personifying the house that effects the entirety of the poem. He strips down the house with each new characteristic until it is a skeleton, much like that of a man. He builds the house to be a gawky and lonely man with a tortured soul. The sky and the ground and the train tracks all isolate the house and make it more aware of it's melancholy state. Do to this layering of human attributes, the house becomes relatable, and thus the painting is able to take on another meaning. Hirsch really emphasizes a viewpoint that Hopper subtly created in this painting. It is clear through the painting and the poem that the house is a representation of Hopper himself.
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