Grief Analysis

I tell you hopeless grief is passionless,
That only men incredulous of despair,
Half-taught in anguish, through the midnight air
Beat upward to God's throne in loud access
Of shrieking and reproach. Full desertness
In souls, as countries, lieth silent-bare
Under the blanching, vertical eye-glare
Of the absolute heavens. Deep-hearted man, express
Grief for thy dead in silence like to death—
Most like a monumental statue set
In everlasting watch and moveless woe
Till itself crumble to the dust beneath.
Touch it; the marble eyelids are not wet;
If it could weep, it could arise and go.

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| Posted on 2009-02-22 | by a guest

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I think the first line is very important. If you do not have hope, if you do not have faith that this time will pass and your soul will heal and become whole once again, then you have nothing...no passion, no sorrow, and no true grief.

| Posted on 2008-12-31 | by a guest

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This poem exposes perfectly the difference between true heartfelt grief and the rather more common (especially today)synthetic reaction which people believe to be appropriate. Anyone who has suffered great loss through the death of a loved one - especially say, a child - will understand her point that weeping and hysterical outbursts are not what happens. What happens is the dull, aching, endless pain that seldom expresses itself in tears and wailing but more, like the marble statue, is ever present and unchanging. As she says, "if it could weep, it could arise and go" but true grief does not go. Compare this poem with "Time does not bing relief" by Edna St. Vincent Millay. The two together sum up exactly what is experienced by those who grieve. For the record, I have suffered the loss of a child and know of what I speak. I tell you, this poem is the only one I've ever read - and I've read many - which truly reflects reality. MCD

| Posted on 2008-06-16 | by a guest

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i think the poem first gives a very powerful meaning of grief. Telling how the soul screams crying in anguish to the heavens. Towards the end it talks about death and says to express your grief for it. For if you don’t you will never be able to move on. It will be inside you forever. So cry and grieve, so you can move on.

| Posted on 2008-04-20 | by a guest