Behind Me Dips Eternity
poem 721
Behind Me Dips Eternity - meaning Summary
Self Between Endless Horizons
The poem presents the speaker as a transient point lodged between vast, opposing infinities: eternity receding behind and immortality looming ahead. The self is framed as a temporal "term" that separates these absolutes, while death is minimized as a mere atmospheric change before a new dawn. Imagery shifts from regal continuity—an undying monarchy whose ruler is self-sustaining—to a more uncanny cosmic vision, where miracles surround the central crescent and darkness and chaos encircle it. Overall the poem explores the paradox of individual finitude set against relentless, both ordered and turbulent, immensities.
Read Complete AnalysesBehind Me dips Eternity Before Me Immortality Myself the Term between Death but the Drift of Eastern Gray, Dissolving into Dawn away, Before the West begin ‘Tis Kingdoms afterward they say In perfect pauseless Monarchy Whose Prince is Son of None Himself His Dateless Dynasty Himself Himself diversify In Duplicate divine ‘Tis Miracle before Me then ‘Tis Miracle behind between A Crescent in the Sea With Midnight to the North of Her And Midnight to the South of Her And Maelstrom in the Sky
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