Poetry Analysis: The Poem's Speaker and the Pool

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her light

as profound as the moving sea, fathomless as the sky is far

a brown pig

it gurgles with tender glee and churns up mud turbidly Signup and view all the answers

it grows pale and hides its face in a bit of floating cloud-like lace Signup and view all the answers

The star Signup and view all the answers

Evening Signup and view all the answers

Round Signup and view all the answers

The star's mirrored face Signup and view all the answers

Peaceful or serene Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

The speaker addresses the pool, expressing her love and admiration for its depth, comparing it to the moving sea.
She offers to give her light to the pool, suggesting a connection between her inner self and the pool's mysterious nature.

A brown pig appears at night, approaching the pool and wading in, disturbing the water.
The pig's intrusion causes the water to gurgle with tender glee, churning up mud turbidly.

The star, once tremulous and shining, grows pale and hides its face in a cloud-like lace, possibly symbolizing the loss of innocence or beauty.

The pool represents the unknown, profound, and fathomless, evoking a sense of awe and wonder.
The pig's arrival and disruption of the pool's tranquility may symbolize the intrusion of reality or the mundane into the speaker's life or imagination.
The star's hiding may indicate the fragility of beauty or the impact of external influences on one's inner world.

The speaker addresses the pool, expressing love and admiration for its depth and promises to give it her light to keep.
The speaker compares the pool's depth to the moving sea, implying that the pool is more profound and mysterious.

The pool is described as "more profound than the moving sea", suggesting that the speaker finds the pool's stillness and calmness more captivating than the sea's movement and power.
The speaker notes that the sea "never has shown myself to me", implying that the sea's vastness and movement make it difficult to truly know or understand.

As night falls, a brown pig enters the scene and disturbs the pool's tranquility.
The pig's actions (grunting, splashing, and wading) disrupt the pool's stillness and cause the water to churn up mud turbidly.

The star, which had been shining brightly, grows pale and hides its face in a cloud-like lace, suggesting that it is sensitive to the disturbance caused by the pig.

The second poem is told from the star's perspective, describing its birth in the evening glow and its gaze upon the round green world below.
The star sees a pool in a wooded place that holds its mirrored face, implying a sense of self-reflection and connection with the natural world.