The language intrigues the reader on a long journey to the reality of love. The poem presents a story in precise wording of a man walking on a "Bristol Street" yet is distracted by the "lover" singing of his never ending love. His explicit language of how long his love last using hyperboles that will never happen.
‘‘I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you Till China and Africa meet, And the river jumps over the mountain And the salmon sing in the street Though the lover perceives this to be true he is ignorant of the face of mortal reality of how love will end and die just as everyone else at the chime of the clock. But all the clocks in the city Began to whirr and chime: 'O let not Time deceive you, you cannot conquer Time [...] It was late, late in the evening, The lovers they were gone; The clocks had ceased their chiming, And the deep river ran on
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Auden writes a beloved love "lullaby" towards his lover.
In their ordinary swoon, Grave the vision Venus sends Of supernatural sympathy, Universal love and hope; He speaks highly of her beauty suggested by the reference towards a child and the "supernatural" attachment Venus gives down towards his spirit. Let the living creature lie, Mortal, Guilty, but to me The entirely beautiful. He confesses a comforting and grateful attitude towards his companion. He reflects on the life and beauty that will be taken away from her when she gets old and die. Though this is true and he is aware of this tragedy he comforts himself in the present time an day of the her contemporary self and makes it to cherish her beauty till that day comes. He entertains this express the nature of short-term love. |
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