11 Matching Annotations
  1. Nov 2018
    1. The ancient owls' nest must have burned. Hastily, all alone, a glistening armadillo left the scene, rose-flecked, head down, tail down,

      I think this stanza refers to how newer generations forget about ancient people or older generations. At a point, the older generations bother newer generations.

    1. Now that I have your heart by heart, I see.

      I think she is very romantic. something that sparked was how often throughout the poem she used "Now that I have your..."

    1. And I shall stand here like a shad

      What she is describing, is it real? or is it an illusion of something negative that happened in her life and she could not do much. As a result, she has not been able to forget that event.

    1. I think I should have loved you presently, And given in earnest words I flung in jest; And lifted honest eyes for you to see, And caught your hand against my cheek and breast;

      I feel that she is mad at someone that she might have given too much and that person let her down. She may have put too much faith on someone, and when that is not given back, that hurts a lot.

    1. It's little I know what's in my heart, What's in my mind it's little I know,

      I love this part of the poem. I think those are feelings that a person feels/thinks before departing to a new adventure. Also, I think she was very adventurous

    1. The How and Why of all things, past, And present, and forevermore. The Universe, cleft to the core,

      I love this part of the poem, during a person's renascence, the why and how thihngs happened play a big role, and she touches this part in this paragraph