She Held Herself a Deep Pool for Him
She Held Herself a Deep Pool for Him - meaning Summary
Mutual Devotion in Shadow
The poem describes a tense, intimate exchange in which two lovers shape themselves to hold and entangle one another. Imagery of pools, dark waters, shadows, coils, glass and gold suggests mutual devotion that is both protective and imprisoning. Their meetings are reciprocal and ritualized, mixing warmth and danger; the language implies absorption, transformation, and the blurring of boundaries between care and control.
Read Complete AnalysesShe held herself a deep pool for him And the shadows crying for him He gathered himself in many dark waters And the shadows crying for her They took each other in shadow meetings They held themselves in shadow songs She coiled herself around him With a ribbon of glass And a rope of gold The coils of her cunning held him With rings of golden glass With a moon of melting gold With a mist of sunset ribbons
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