Suspiria
Suspiria - meaning Summary
Acceptance of Mortal Loss
The speaker addresses Death, the Grave, and Eternity, urging them to take whatever belongs to them — the body, its earthly image, and life’s fleeting gust. The poem frames bodily loss as inevitable and limited in value, while implying an inner self or memory that alone remains precious. It offers quiet resignation rather than despair, presenting transience as part of a larger, impersonal eternity against which human attachments are fragile.
Read Complete AnalysesTake them, O Death! and bear away Whatever thou canst call thine own! Thine image, stamped upon this clay, Doth give thee that, but that alone! Take them, O Grave! and let them lie Folded upon thy narrow shelves, As garments by the soul laid by, And precious only to ourselves! Take them, O great Eternity! Our little life is but a gust That bends the branches of thy tree, And trails its blossoms in the dust!
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