The Morning After Woe
poem 364
The Morning After Woe - meaning Summary
Joy's Indifferent Morning
This poem describes the dissonant morning after suffering, when nature’s exuberance intensifies rather than soothes personal pain. Bright blossoms and loud birds go about their jubilation as if indifferent to the speaker’s grief. The birds’ songs are likened to hammers and litanies, and even celebratory sounds take on a sombre, crucifix-like tone. The effect is a tension between external joy and inward woe, highlighting isolation amid public brightness.
Read Complete AnalysesThe Morning after Woe ‘Tis frequently the Way Surpasses all that rose before For utter Jubilee As Nature did not care And piled her Blossoms on And further to parade a Joy Her Victim stared upon The Birds declaim their Tunes Pronouncing every word Like Hammers Did they know they fell Like Litanies of Lead On here and there a creature They’d modify the Glee To fit some Crucifixal Clef Some Key of Calvary
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