The New Remorse
The New Remorse - meaning Summary
Loss, Regret, and Acceptance
The poem presents a voice of remorse and resigned loss. The speaker acknowledges a sin that has silenced joy—music imprisoned and summer buried—leaving a barren emotional landscape. A new lover appears to reclaim the beloved, portrayed as vibrant and triumphant. The speaker accepts displacement: unable to prevent the union, he anticipates sorrow yet persists in worshipful devotion, combining regret with a resigned, almost ritual mourning.
Read Complete AnalysesThe sin was mine; I did not understand. So now is music prisoned in her cave, Save where some ebbing desultory wave Frets with its restless whirls this meagre strand. And in the withered hollow of this land Hath Summer dug herself so deep a grave, That hardly can the leaden willow crave One silver blossom from keen Winter's hand. But who is this who cometh by the shore? (Nay, love, look up and wonder!) Who is this Who cometh in dyed garments from the South? It is thy new-found Lord, and he shall kiss The yet unravished roses of thy mouth, And I shall weep and worship, as before.
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