Forget! the Lady with the Amulet

Forget! the Lady with the Amulet - meaning Summary

Forgetting as Gentle Betrayal

This poem stages a compact drama of memory, denial, and emotional possession. The speaker commands or urges forgetting a woman who wore an amulet—a private sign of attachment—and then questions whether a Rose refused a Bee out of play, cunning, or circumstance. Images of a Bee laid in a mausoleum and a discarded bride suggest loss or the burial of love. The closing lines convert ambiguity into a vow: despite dispersal and other obligations, the speaker offers sustained obedience or fidelity. Overall the poem probes whether forgetting is deliberate evasion or an impossible act.