Lucy Poems 5
Lucy Poems 5 - meaning Summary
Silent Grief in Nature
The poem figures an abrupt shift from a numb, secure perception of Lucy to the stark realization of her death. The speaker describes having believed Lucy was beyond ordinary change, then registers her quiet, motionless absence. Nature is neither consoling nor hostile; Lucy is folded into the earth's ongoing rounds, implying her loss is absolute yet absorbed into natural cycles. The tone is restrained, intimate, and resigned.
Read Complete AnalysesA slumber did my spirit seal; I had no human fears: She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years. No motion has she now, no force; She neither hears nor sees; Rolled round in earth's diurnal course, With rocks, and stones, and trees.
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