Unwind My Riddle
Unwind My Riddle - meaning Summary
Unravel a Life’s Mystery
The poem is a short, urgent plea to "Unwind my riddle": an appeal to decipher the speaker’s fate amid swift, cruel hours. It juxtaposes violent images—hawks, hard waves, wounded men who rarely return—with social pain: scorn born of a lie. Despite danger, loss, and misunderstanding, the speaker insists on a persistent, inexplicable bond or "mystic tie" that gives the riddle emotional weight and mystery.
Read Complete AnalysesUnwind my riddle. Cruel as hawks the hours fly; Wounded men seldom come home to die; The hard waves see an arm flung high; Scorn hits strong because of a lie; Yet there exists a mystic tie. Unwind my riddle.
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