Her Last Poems
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Her Last Poems - meaning Summary
Silenced Poetic Voice
This short poem meditates on the end of a poet’s life and voice. The speaker observes that the poet’s music and praise have ceased, likening what remains to insufficient coronets and a grave as the only fitting testimony. There is tension between public honor and private finality, and a wry question about burial abroad that suggests unresolved attitudes toward reputation, possession, and how a poet’s legacy is physically and culturally placed.
Read Complete AnalysesHer last Poems Poets ended Silver perished with 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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