Why Make It Doubt It Hurts It So
poem 462
Why Make It Doubt It Hurts It So - meaning Summary
Fear Silences Fragile Hope
The speaker addresses an inner tenderness crippled by doubt and fear. A fragile confidence lies "brave upon its little Bed," ready to claim a connection, but anxiety pins it down, worrying that any action might scare the hoped-for vision away. The poem traces the quiet torment of anticipating rejection and the resulting self-effacement. The closing plea names this state as a personal misery of longing and silence.
Read Complete AnalysesWhy make it doubt it hurts it so So sick to guess So strong to know So brave upon its little Bed To tell the very last They said Unto Itself and smile And shake For that dear distant dangerous Sake But the Instead the Pinching fear That Something it did do or dare Offend the Vision and it flee And They no more remember me Nor ever turn to tell me why Oh, Master, This is Misery
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