Crazy Jane on God
Crazy Jane on God - meaning Summary
Acceptance Amid Transience
Yeats' dramatic voice Crazy Jane observes fleeting human passions, wars and household transformations yet repeatedly affirms a transcendent constancy. Scenes of lovers, armed men and a suddenly lit house register change, pain and desire, but each stanza ends with the speaker submitting to a sustaining divine permanence. The poem frames earthly transience against spiritual endurance, suggesting acceptance rather than complaint in the face of loss.
Read Complete AnalysesThat lover of a night Came when he would, Went in the dawning light Whether I would or no; Men come, men go; All things remain in God. Banners choke the sky; Men-at-arms tread; Armoured horses neigh In the narrow pass: All things remain in God. Before their eyes a house That from childhood stood Uninhabited, ruinous, Suddenly lit up From door to top: All things remain in God. I had wild Jack for a lover; Though like a road That men pass over My body makes no moan But sings on: All things remain in God.
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