In the Hills of Shiloh
In the Hills of Shiloh - meaning Summary
Widow Waiting for Return
The poem pictures Amanda Blaine, a woman who keeps searching the hills of Shiloh for a man who never returns. She wanders in a yellowed wedding gown, listens for cannons and drums, and clings to her wedding ring while time passes. The repeated images evoke enduring grief, arrested mourning, and the persistence of hope or delusion long after a wartime loss has ended.
Read Complete AnalysesHave you seen Amanda Blaine in the hills of Shiloh Wandering through the morning rain through the hills of Shiloh Have you seen her at her door, listening for the cannon's roar And a man who went to war from the hills of Shiloh Have you heard her mournful cries in the hills of Shiloh Have you seen her haunted eyes in the hills of Shiloh Have you seen her running down searching through the sleeping town In her yellowed wedding gown in the hills of Shiloh Have you seen her standing there in the hills of Shiloh Wind a blowing through her hair in the hills of Shiloh Listening for the sound of guns listening for the rolling drums And a man who never comes to the hills of Shiloh Have you heard Amanda sing in the hills of Shiloh Whispering to her wedding ring in the hills of Shiloh Hear her humming soft and low, poor Amanda doesn't know 'Twas ended forty years ago in the hills of Shiloh
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