The Traveler
The Traveler - meaning Summary
Isolation on the Road
The poem sketches a solitary traveler’s experience of restless wandering and persistent loneliness. Evocative images—byways, sea, stars, stones—map a journey without destination or shelter. Repeated references to nights and being "manless and friendless" present solitude as emotional suffering rather than adventure. The closing lines frame homelessness and isolation as a personal torture and long endurance, emphasizing longing for home or human connection.
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