Now Close the Windows
Now Close the Windows - meaning Summary
Quiet After a Loss
The poem expresses a speaker’s wish to mute the outside world after a personal bereavement or emotional withdrawal. They ask to close the windows and quiet the fields, accepting that birds and marshes will take a long time to return. Silence becomes a deliberate shelter: the speaker prefers to be spared the usual sounds of life and to experience nature as a distant, visual presence rather than an audible consolation. The mood is resigned and private, emphasizing temporal separation and the slow pace of recovery.
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