My Wheel Is in the Dark
poem 10
My Wheel Is in the Dark - meaning Summary
Unseen Labor and Destiny
The poem presents life as driven by unseen, inevitable motion. The speaker accepts movement without clear sight of cause or destination, trusting a wheel and tide that carry them onward. Different people meet this motion in varied ways: some abandon work, some remain busy in constrained ways, and some pass confidently through a final gate, leaving the central mystery unresolved for others. The tone is contemplative about fate and response.
Read Complete AnalysesMy wheel is in the dark! I cannot see a spoke Yet know its dripping feet Go round and round. My foot is on the Tide! An unfrequented road Yet have all roads A clearing at the end Some have resigned the Loom Some in the busy tomb Find quaint employ Some with new stately feet Pass royal through the gate Flinging the problem back At you and I!
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