The Queen
The Queen - meaning Summary
Private Coronation of Love
The speaker privately crowns a beloved as queen, admitting there are others taller, purer, or lovelier yet insisting on her singular status. In public no one notices her imagined crystal crown or the nonexistent red-gold carpet she walks. The poem traces the speaker's intense inner response—rivers, bells, a hymn—that transforms ordinary streets into a consecrated space known only to the two of them.
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