So he is now having a relationship with his past student? hmmm okay then

Earlier in the poem she said there wasn't any softness about her so does she mean softness in a different way or...?

When she says this does she mean there is nothing immature or childlike about her? Is she a structured woman now? Because when I think about softness I think of a baby or child, because they don't have any sharp bone structures.

This reminds me of reincarnation.

It ironic yet positive the way it is said

It sounds as if they are retreating or returning from a defeat of war. Broken and without dignity.

The way I perceived this makes me kind of sad. Since he is a homosexual and he is called all types of names he has accepted and assumed that those names describe him so he settles within them and considers himself a "faggot" or "queer". He gives into the stereotype instead of breaking free of it.

There is a great mixture of Epanalepsis, assonance and Asyndeton in these lines. And really all throughout the passage. (Epanalepsis: repeating a word at the end of the clause with the same one that began the clause)

"Th" is an assonance used throughout the passage

In my understanding this all seems a very ironic apostrophe. They have the ability to hurt but they won't, they won't do the thing they mostly show, I'm somewhat confused but that's how I see it.

He uses this anaphora to create an emphasis on the fact that not stone, earth or the sea could sway "their power". He also uses nor in other parts of the passage.

This could almost be looked at as a selfless act because he doesn't think about himself immediately as most people would

This mainly shows irony, saying that even though you are wrinkled and old you are at your prime and it is your time to shine really.