13 Matching Annotations
  1. Apr 2018
    1. To know they dreamed and are dead; 

      I think the poet is trying to be peaceful about the death that is happening, because this line reminds me of talking about someone "being in a better place" or "they won't suffer anymore", which is very sad to say but it's looking on the bright side of death, if possible, to ease the mind.

    2. A terrible beauty is born.

      This line is repeated throughout the poem at the end of each stanza, I think it is a powerful line that ties in with the poem because the poem ends with death, however there is another line referencing a child so maybe this line refers to the "terrible" death but the "beauty" of a child?

    1. I shall have some peace there

      Here the poet is talking about the peace he will enjoy on his cabin on the island with his bees, despite the loud noise of the bees he finds peace. The scene he describes is so peaceful as it is and continues that trend throughout the rest of the poem.

  2. Mar 2018
    1. e stranger in the land who looks into ten thousand faces for some answering look and never finds it,

      This, I think, is a familiar feeling most people can relate to. He is talking about being lonely and references a large crowd, which I think most people would agree can be the loneliest setting.

    2. ‘Five and thirty, good-looking, good figure, good teeth, good voice, good breeding,

      Here again we see the repetition in describing the man, "good" is repeated several times. However, the narrator doesn't describe him directly this time, it is through the eyes of Mrs. Sparsit.

  3. Feb 2018
    1. in lonely rooms, and 'mid the din Of towns and cities

      He might be hinting that life in the city can be lonely and he feels more comforted by nature and at peace. There is becoming more city and less nature with the industrial revolution and he could miss how there used to be more nature before that began.