I dreamed I called you on the telephone
to say: Be kinder to yourself but you were sick and would not answer The waste of my love goes on this way trying to save you from yourself I have always wondered about the left-over energy, the way water goes rushing down a hill long after the rains have stopped or the fire you want to go to bed from but cannot leave, burning-down but not burnt-down the red coals more extreme, more curious in their flashing and dying than you wish they were sitting long after midnight Adrienne Rich's poem explains the regretfulness that she has about wasting her time on someone who is lost within theirself. In the beginning of the poem she immediately introduces how she feels about the subject. Apparently, she called someone to tell them to be "kinder to their self" ;however, they were so caught up within their own drama they did not notice. Her tone is fully exemplified when she describes that her love has been wasted. No one wants to feel as if their love is wasted on an unnecessary person. She uses imagery to further elucidate her disappointment in this person. The first image she displays is comparing her wasted energy to the left-over water that runs from down a hill. Of course, water that runs down from a hill after the rain is extraneous. Basically extraneous water after the rain compares to her wasted energy. She feels as if it is unnecessary. Why is it needed? Likewise when fire is burning, when you want to put it out you can not because it goes away on it's own time. "Burning-down but not burnt-down" meaning the fire is excessive and is wasting energy and time. Rich further explains her yearning desire for this significant someone. It seems as if she can not live without him. The feeling that she has takes a toil on her that she becomes annoyed. Lastly, "the red coals more extreme" burn more after it's duty is done. This seems unnecessary to her because if the job is completed why keep going?
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