Pool

Pool - meaning Summary

Transformation Into Ashes

The short poem compresses a scene of physical and emotional dissolution. A man emerges from fire reduced to near nothing—cinders, a tea-cup of ashes—while the speaker, once described as gold in the house, has become a rigid, inert pool. The images suggest loss of vitality and identity after trauma or intense experience, contrasting valuable warmth with dull, fixed residue to evoke helplessness and transformation.