Sweethearts Wait on Every Shore
Sweethearts Wait on Every Shore - meaning Summary
Love, Loss, and Resigned Hope
A woman watches a ship sail away and waits by the reddened tide, hoping for a lover’s return. The poem frames her vigil as futile, invoking a popular belief that affection is transient: "sweethearts wait on every shore." It contrasts the intimate, solitary act of waiting with the wider, indifferent world of voyages and shifting love, ending on a resigned, almost aphoristic note about human attachment and disappointment.
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