The Music
The Music - meaning Summary
Solitude as Wounded Music
The speaker addresses an Angel as a guiding presence who is both path and stillness, pleading to be taken by the hand. They confess fear of being forgotten after failing to make use of what was given, feeling abandoned. Solitude once seemed gentle, a “prelude,” but the ensuing inner music has become painful, suggesting that beauty or potential can wound when it isolates or evokes loss.
Read Complete AnalysesTake me by the hand; it's so easy for you, Angel, for you are the road even while being immobile. You see, I'm scared no one here will look for me again; I couldn't make use of whatever was given, so they abandoned me. At first the solitude charmed me like a prelude, but so much music wounded me.
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