Tho’ I Get Home How Late How Late
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Tho’ I Get Home How Late How Late - meaning Summary
Unexpected Homecoming's Imagined Joy
The poem imagines a late, unexpected return and the speaker’s anticipation of a joyous, almost redemptive reception. It contrasts long years of suffering with the concentrated ecstasy of being finally admitted. The speaker rehearses how others will react, how the self will respond, and how a single moment can condense “decades of Agony” into transporting relief. The tone mixes suspense, yearning, and a quiet faith in transformative reunion.
Read Complete AnalysesTho’ I get home how late how late So I get home – ’twill compensate Better will be the Ecstasy That they have done expecting me When Night descending dumb and dark They hear my unexpected knock Transporting must the moment be Brewed from decades of Agony! To think just how the fire will burn Just how long-cheated eyes will turn To wonder what myself will say, And what itself, will say to me Beguiles the Centuries of way!
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