I can never understand her poetry. Can someone explain what this poem is about? Especially the last part please --
Wild nights! Wild nights!
Were I with thee,
Wild nights should be
Our luxury!
Futile the winds
To a heart in port,
Done with the compass,
Done with the chart.
Rowing in Eden!
Ah! the sea!
Might I but moor
To-night in thee!
2006-10-25 10:59:42 · 3 answers · asked by Shawn_small 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
This is a love poem. In those days they used metaphors because of society and social graces. She was writing about being with a lover. The last sonnet is essentially being in heaven with her loved one, the sea being him, and moor is to secure lines of a boat, but in the sonnet, to be joined as one with her lover.
2006-10-25 18:14:58 · answer #1 · answered by Nancy S 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Wild nights is her imagination working overtime while she is trying to sleep. By writing "our luxury" she's enjoying her mind drifting in imagination. By writing "rowing in eden," she's thinking about going to a perfect place, where she wants to moor or stay.
2006-10-25 18:12:11 · answer #2 · answered by mac 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋