Hence Away, Begone, Begone
from The Duke Of Orleans
Hence Away, Begone, Begone - meaning Summary
Banishing Grief and Cares
A defiant speaker rejects persistent sorrow and anxiety, ordering care and melancholy to leave and asserting that reason will govern instead. The poem repeats its dismissal as a firm affirmation of agency, vowing that if grief ever returns it will be cursed and the day of its return condemned. The tone is resolute and ritualistic, using repetition to dramatize a conscious break with depressive influence.
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