How Long
How Long - meaning Summary
Endless Burning of Grief
The poem voices a speaker trapped in prolonged sorrow and emotional combustion. They mourn lost vitality, feel betrayed by a friend, and repeatedly ask how long they must endure pain. Despite despair, the speaker professes devotion and hopes for mercy, suggesting that recounting their suffering would intensify its flames. The poem focuses on inner agony transforming grief into a consuming fire and an appeal for relief or recognition.
Read Complete Analyseshow long can i lament with this depressed heart and soul how long can i remain a sad autumn ever since my grief has shed my leaves the entire space of my soul is burning in agony how long can i hide the flames wanting to rise out of this fire how long can one suffer the pain of hatred of another human a friend behaving like an enemy with a broken heart how much more can i take the message from body to soul i believe in love i swear by love believe me my love how long like a prisoner of grief can i beg for mercy you know i’m not a piece of rock or steel but hearing my story even water will become as tense as a stone if i can only recount the story of my life right out of my body flames will grow
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