If Ever the Lid Gets Off My Head
If Ever the Lid Gets Off My Head - meaning Summary
Mind and Soul Disentangled
The poem imagines a moment when the speaker's mind escapes from her head, allowing reason to depart and return to its true place. Observers would notice how ordinary sense can become displaced while the soul remains present. It contrasts outward intellectual presence with inward spiritual continuity, suggesting identity survives even when rational faculties seem to leave or misalign with their expected home.
Read Complete AnalysesIf ever the lid gets off my head And lets the brain away The fellow will go where he belonged – Without a hint from me, And the world – if the world be looking on – Will see how far from home It is possible for sense to live The soul there – all the time.
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