The Witch
The Witch - meaning Summary
Desire's Cost and Desperation
The poem equates the pursuit of wealth with a corrupt bargain: laboring to get rich is likened to sleeping with a foul witch and being left drained. That transaction leads not to triumph but to a chamber where the desired object lies inaccessible, producing despair. The short lyric warns that compromising oneself for gain yields hollow results and the bitter frustration of an unattained longing.
Read Complete AnalysesToil and grow rich, What's that but to lie With a foul witch And after, drained dry, To be brought To the chamber where Lies one long sought With despair?
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