A thousand sorrows upon your tresses
You have grown weary of tears and no sleep
Sweet midnight and love's tender caresses
Will not persuade your broken heart to weep
Oh love's pains, and all anguish and sorrows
Grief-stricken, with dew moistened eyes
Weary with more days and more tomorrows
Weary still, with grief, bitter lies and sighs
Posted Jul 31, 2022, 6:06 AM UTC
To preface, I'll begin my interpretation by assuming that the exclusion of the sestet in this sonnet is intentional. This is an incredibly bleak and effective subversion of the sonnet form that prevents the reader from feeling a sense of closure which I think is a really unique use of form and a really interesting take on such a saturated form.
Before I had formed this interpretation towards the form, I found the language to be highly evocative of Romantic poetry, specifically Keats especially with its lamentations and naturalistic imagery - my first reaction was to find this slightly unoriginal but that quickly faded and the very conventional use of language stands in a really stark contrast to the incredibly subversive use of the sonnet form.
I really enjoyed reading this poem over and over and building an interpretation from my reactions - a really engaging and inventive sonnet.
Your interpretation is point. I did try to evoke romantic poetry, in fact in the first draft I used archaic English with thee's and thy's before I realised it's a bit too much. Thanks for the reply
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