Heart, Not So Heavy as Mine
poem 83
Heart, Not So Heavy as Mine - meaning Summary
Longing for Lightness
The speaker observes another heart, lighter and care-free, passing by and whistling a simple tune. That music—likened to a bobolink and a chirping brook—acts as an unexpected balm to the speaker’s own irritated, heavy heart, briefly lifting sorrow and setting her feet to dance. The poem contrasts the speaker’s inward weight with the passerby’s ease and ends with a plea for that buoyant music to return the next night.
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