I have it in me so much nearer home To scare myself with my own desert places. It is pessimistic and has little consolation to offer. Solitude around the province of nature had its dominance in extent of life.
In the vast universe lifelessness is the concern of poet. Summary: The poem Desert Places is concerned with loneliness. The natural setting - falling snow, night, only a few weeds visible above the snow on the ground, the animals having withdrawn into their lairs emphasises the feeling of loneliness oppressing the poet.
Falling snow and darkening woods suggest the desolation of lifeless stars and inter-stellar space. I am too….. The loneliness…… unawares- He is taken over by his personal fear and sense of loneliness.
How and for what? His fear or loneliness does not find an outlet and it is almost inexpressible. It would still be a poem, and a good one, but a very different one from the poem we know, such a poem would differ from The Main-Deep for instance, in several particulars.
In the first place, the reader knows who the observer is. A man, at dusk, is passing through an open field where snow is falling. The poem is quickly defined as his observation. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Close Privacy Overview This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website.
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It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. Snow falling and night falling fast, oh, fast In a field I looked into going past, And the ground almost covered smooth in snow, But a few weeds and stubble showing last.
The woods around it have it—it is theirs. All animals are smothered in their lairs. I am too absent-spirited to count; The loneliness includes me unawares.
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