Quies

Quies - meaning Summary

Muted Elegy for Absence

Pound's short poem registers a restrained response to loss. Addressing Rullus, the speaker notes that a beloved woman has gone and that the world now "lacked a something," a subtle but persistent lack. The tone is elegiac yet measured: grief is acknowledged without drama, emphasizing continuity and the small, marginal ways absence alters daily life. The language compresses feeling into understatement.