Three Violins
Three Violins - meaning Summary
Music Evokes Remembered Love
The poem links music, memory, and longing. Three violins play MacDowell’s "Wild Rose," and the music summons images of the flower and its delicate moments. The repeated lines suggest a beloved figure both inspired the composer and lives again in the performers’ playing. Sandburg frames musical performance as a vehicle for emotional presence: a person once in MacDowell’s heart is echoed in the sound produced by three violins.
Read Complete AnalysesTHREE violins are trying their hearts. The piece is MacDowell's Wild Rose. And the time of the wild rose And the leaves of the wild rose And the dew-shot eyes of the wild rose Sing in the air over three violins. Somebody like you was in the heart of MacDowell. Somebody like you is in three violins.
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