I Have Seen Her a Stealthily Frail
I Have Seen Her a Stealthily Frail - meaning Summary
Frail Desire and Moonlight
The speaker describes a woman as a fragile, flower-like presence observed at dusk. Floral and bodily imagery blends attraction and unease: youth and petals imply delicate beauty while words like "brutal" and "fracas" introduce violence. The moon and night heighten a tense, erotic atmosphere, making desire feel simultaneously sacred and hellish. The poem registers a conflicted gaze that admires, aches, and foresees inevitable change or loss.
Read Complete AnalysesI have seen her a stealthily frail flower walking with its fellows in the death of light,against whose enormous curves of flesh exactly cubes of tiny fragrance try; i have watched certain petals rapidly wish in the corners of her youth;whom,fiercely shy and gently brutal, the prettiest wrath of blossoms dishevelling made a pale fracas upon the accurate moon…. Across the important gardens her body will come toward me with its hurting sexual smell of lilies….beyond night’s silken immense swoon the moon is like a floating silver hell a song of adolescent ivory.
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