The Altar
The Altar - meaning Summary
Friendship Consecrated by Love
The poem invites readers to create a deep, refined friendship that combines passionate, changing, and unexpected aspects of love. By invoking ‘‘the flame, the autumn, and the green rose of love,’’ Pound suggests contrasting forces—passion, decline, and rare beauty—have struggled here and thereby consecrated the place. The speaker frames the resulting bond as wondrous and holy, turning human affection into a sacred site.
Read Complete AnalysesLet us build here an exquisite friendship, The flame, the autumn, and the green rose of love Fought out their strife here, 'tis a place of wonder; Where these have been, meet 'tis, the ground is holy.
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