The Master Speed
The Master Speed - form Summary
Sonnet of Enduring Union
This poem is cast as a tight 14-line sonnet that uses the sonnet's compressed argument to move from abstract paradox to affirmation. It presents a gift of extraordinary "master speed": the ability to traverse time and motion yet choose stillness. The sonnet form concentrates the claim that this speed is not for selfish haste but to enable lasting union. The poem's turn shifts from motion and power to intimacy, ending with a firm declaration that two aligned people, aided by this gift, remain inseparable "forevermore."
Read Complete AnalysesNo speed of wind or water rushing by But you have speed far greater. You can climb Back up a stream of radiance to the sky, And back through history up the stream of time. And you were given this swiftness, not for haste Nor chiefly that you may go where you will, But in the rush of everything to waste, That you may have the power of standing still- Off any still or moving thing you say. Two such as you with such a master speed Cannot be parted nor be swept away From one another once you are agreed That life is only life forevermore Together wing to wing and oar to oar
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