Her
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Her - meaning Summary
Legacy Beyond Public Praise
The poem considers a woman poet’s achievement and how to remember her. It contrasts the limits of public praise and ceremonial honors with the sufficiency of simple commemoration. The speaker suggests her voice and later poems outshine formal accolades, making crowns and grand displays unnecessary. The poem ends by questioning conventional claims and burial rites as inadequate measures of artistic worth, urging a quieter recognition of her legacy.
Read Complete AnalysesHer last Poems Poets ended Silver perished w ith her Tongue Not on Record bubbled other, Flute or Woman So divine Not unto its Summer Morning Robin uttered Half the Tune Gushed too free for the Adoring From the Anglo-Florentine Late the Praise ‘Tis dull conferring On the Head too High to Crown Diadem or Ducal Showing Be its Grave sufficient sign Nought that We No Poet’s Kinsman Suffocate with easy woe What, and if, Ourself a Bridegroom Put Her down in Italy?
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