The Western Stars
The Western Stars - meaning Summary
Isolation at Day’s End
The poem sketches a brief moment of exhaustion and melancholy as a speaker lies on his blankets at the close of a hot day. Physical fatigue becomes emotional desolation; the dying light and rising stars mirror a sense of resignation and longing. The western sun and distant heavens act as a backdrop for private sorrow, suggesting alienation and a wish to escape the burdens of life, if only for a moment.
Read Complete AnalysesOn my blankets I was lyin’ Too tired to lift my head, An’ the long hot day was dyin’ An’ I wished that I was dead. From the West the gold was driven. I watched the death of day, An’ the distant stars of Heaven Seemed to draw my heart away.
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