Jack Cornstalk as a Lover
Jack Cornstalk as a Lover - meaning Summary
Love's Restless Circling
The brief quatrain sketches a restless lover who seeks escape by riding away to blunt emotional pain, yet cannot truly depart from the person who loves him most. His outward hurry contrasts with a slow, reluctant return, suggesting that attempts to flee heartache are temporary and that attachment pulls him back. The poem condenses themes of longing, internal conflict, and the cyclical futility of trying to find rest through avoidance.
Read Complete Analyses‘For he rides hard to dull the pain, Who rides from him who loves him best; But he rides slowly home again, Whose restless heart must rove for rest.’
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