The sea cannot touch me now
nor the sky
in this room whose arms are
your arms
They would spell the night
I took you for my wife
I do not think of candles in that church
Though they were there
the priest the words though they
were there
I think only ofyour sad
beautiful face following
the nothing there/the nothing
to construct our lives with/hoping
the singing birds would come
and house among its branches
They would spell the night
I took you for my wife
I do not think of candles in that church
Though they were there
I think only of
These are the questions I use as a guide to deeply understand and appreciate poetry
1. How do the repeated vowel sounds - assonance - project the mood of the poem?
2. How do some words and some lines slow you down?
3. How well does the pace match the content?
4. Describe the pictures you see in your mind as you read the poem?
5. How do the images work together?
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