His Confidence

His Confidence - meaning Summary

Love Against Despair

The poem presents a speaker who claims an undying love despite damage and self-sacrifice. He records wrongs on his eyes and smashes his heart, yet insists that love is a force that springs from barren, rocky sources. The tone balances violence and faith: suffering is real and deliberate, but it does not extinguish affection. The poem affirms love's persistence as something that can arise even from desolation.