Who can say...?
Who can say...? - meaning Summary
Memory Triggered by Scent
Tennyson meditates on time, memory, and the mysterious links between senses and the past. The narrator wonders why today becomes tomorrow’s yesterday and why a smell—specifically the violet—can evoke the freshness of youth and a buried era. The poem admits the cause of such recollection is elusive and resists explanation, emphasizing uncertainty rather than offering a resolution.
Read Complete AnalysesWho can say Why To-day To-morrow will be yesterday? Who can tell Why to smell The violet, recalls the dewy prime Of youth and buried time? The cause is nowhere found in rhyme.
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