The Cold Night
The Cold Night - meaning Summary
Longing Against Winter
The poem describes a cold, silent night in which the speaker’s gaze on the moon evokes an erotic and domestic image: the Police Sergeant’s wife and her bare thighs. The chilly landscape and absence of reply heighten his solitude and desire. Mention of April frames a future reunion or renewal, transforming present loneliness into longing for warmth, fertility, and the remembered or anticipated perfection of the woman’s body.
Read Complete AnalysesIt is cold. The white moon is up among her scattered stars-- like the bare thighs of the Police Sergeant's wife--among her five children . . . No answer. Pale shadows lie upon the frosted grass. One answer: It is midnight, it is still and it is cold . . . ! White thights of the sky! a new answer out of the depths of my male belly: In April . . . In April I shall see again--In April! the round and perfects thighs of the Police Sergeant's wife perfect still after many babies. Oya!
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