As a golden bird, a work of art, he would be beyond decay or death and would therefore be unlike the “dying generations” of real birds mentioned in the first stanza. As a golden bird, he will be placed on a golden bough and will appear to be singing songs of all times, the past...
Written during a time of mass turmoil in Europe, "Lapis Lazuli" contemplates the death and birth of civilizations in general. The poem takes a broad and serene perspective, noting that great civilizations have risen and fallen many times before; they're part of a natural cycle of creation and...
'The air is cut away before,And closes from behind.Fly, brother, fly! more high, more high!Or we shall be belated:For slow and slow that ship will go,When the mariner's trance is abated.'I woke, and we were sailing onAs in a gentle weather:'Twas night, calm night, the moon ...
, when illusion, are finally put away (if only by death) then she will be confirmed in her conviction that she foresaw “That Immortality” in her experience of the pine tree—communicated to her through the “melody” that negated the illusion of the world. If all this sounds too Easter...
They were written in a time when speaking freely, and too freely, could be a life and death matter. “I Had a Little Nut Tree”, for instance, is speculated to be about the visit of Joanna of Castile to the court of Henry VII, though I happen to disagree with that 19th century ...
Trying to get along with Death And then untie ourselves from Earth Now we vacation on the moon And yes, we’ve flown beyond the stars And can you guess where I just sent this from? I’ll give you a hint- It’s Mars Now we can grow your bones for you ...
Thus, the crux of the poem is that while Circe is a powerful sorceress and a goddess, she has no power over the man who is currently sailing away from her island. While she is proud, she is also in love, wondering why her spells don’t work on this man. From these details, the...
No hint of death in all his frame, But found him all in all the same, I should not feel it to be strange. XV. To-night the winds begin to rise And roar from yonder dropping day: The last red leaf is whirl’d away, The rooks are blown about the skies; ...
Sailing the blue(…)Take me, oh take meTo anywhere new. In the fourth stanza of ‘Needles and Pins’ he adds that he’s going to need a captain too. He’s not ultimately the one in charge in the future. He needs both a captain and a crew. There is a lot of work that needs ...