Poem
Poem - meaning Summary
Protective Night and Love
The poem addresses a beloved presence whose breath and darkness protect the speaker. That presence is depicted as an invisible, sheltering force—a rainy trail, a dark wave—that conceals the speaker from threats, the “wolves of sleep,” and the grave. Imagery of night, cobwebs, and waves suggests both tenderness and menace; the beloved’s protective power is intimate, metaphysical, and both comforting and uncanny.
Read Complete AnalysesYour breath was shed Invisible to make About the soiled undead Night for my sake, A raining trail Intangible to them With biter's tooth and tail And cobweb drum, A dark as deep My love as a round wave To hide the wolves of sleep And mask the grave.
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