Peace to his ashes!
I cannot for the soul of me
Sorrowing bow,
Tho I search through the heart of me
Grieve for him now.
'Tis well he is gone
And heart-break is over,
A husband he was
But never a lover.
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This feeling is something I can understand. A sadness in his passing yes, but it could also be seen as a relief that he is finally gone, that the bars have been knocked down and she is free to live and be herself once again
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Amazing, short but straight to the point kind of poem. i loved the ending too, you ended the piece with a bang! wonderful write, thanks, really enjoyed it.
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Loved the rhythm, loved the theme. Short and honest.
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A marriage with not much love is sad.
It sounds as though they once knew love,
and it faded away over time.
He must have been a good provider
she states "A husband he was
But never a lover."
Sad poem.
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It seems to me that this is definitely a widow full of remorse – sad not for a departed husband but more for the lost years in a loveless match – showing little pity for the loss, but being there purely out of old time respect – the sort of respect that is seldom seen today when a partner with such feelings is inclined to walk away form the marriage – but something unthinkable in those days – The poem tends to make you feel more sympathetic towards the surviving partner than the deceased – Albert
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Could this be the result of the slave trade and a woman visitinng the grave of her master after his death, bearing white children for him upon his 0plantation and then having her say after he died about his technique of love-making (usually by raping). Her psoition ins society always leaves her thelower class and yet upon his death she stil recieves no restitution. Difficult to say in so shaort of a pen.
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This poem evoked the feeling of a loveless marriage one that I have been in.there is the thought that they stayed together out of duty rather than anything else, a thought I can also relate to. A very emotional piece which portrayed the no grief part very well..........
Sanity.
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Maybe the worst grief of all is for that which should have been but never was. ""Tis better to have loved..."
That said, the lilt of this makes it come off as humour. With a dollop of bitterness. Or maybe resignation. -
This poem reminded me of Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour." I feel like the speaker in this poem is probably much like Mrs. Mallard. I don't think it was really a loveless marriage but it was not a passionate marriage and so grieving the end of it would be a little difficult I think.
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very good.
I think that this poem is an indictment of the husband and his coldness as a lover before death. she is not sad at the funeral, she says that she cannot grieve for him, nor bow sorrow...tis best he is gone, for never was he a lover to her.
the sad part of the poem is contained only in the end, when it is revealed that this couple endured a loveless marriage...the heartbreak is over now.
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Hmm...This poem makes you ponder. It reminds me of Romeo And Juliet and how she was afraid she'd never know Romeo as a lover as well as her husband. I kind of thought of the war thing as well, with the husband having to go off after the wedding..it truly is a sad poem, though not one of my favorites.
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the first thing i pictured when i read this was a woman in a black civil war dress beside a grave. this poem was a little odd when i first read it, and i liked the twist of her never loving him at the end. i never expected that. i wonder why a man wrote this poem tho. did he have an unloving wife?
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Ahh, expressing meanings in more than just words. It seems as though the rhythem gives it a mocking, bouncing-back feeling. That's the best that I can describe it. The rhyme also helps add to the feeling.
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I must admit that I did not really like this poem until I read the title. Yes, I read the poem before the title. However after I read it I found it easier to understand the whole point of the poem. It is a very painful thing to read and it gives me a wonderful visual of a women in black standing over a grave.
-Amber
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