7/5/2023 0 Comments Sonnets from the portuguese 1![]() As I am looking at those "melancholy" years of learning and poor choices, selfish choices from years 20-24, there seems to be an "opening up" after. ![]() I read this poem last night before I created my own timeline and it was remarkable the similarities. In so many of the poems we have been reading, love seems to be an avenue in which a some sort of crossing over occurs. I read your comment about love being an emotion. A new perspective of life through her love with Robert Browning. She also writes of her timeline- "the sad years, the melancholy years" and how pieces of regret turn into a hope for the future. Why a "silver" answer? A silver bell ringing? Sound of purity? I feel as though there are a lot of references in the Bible about silver bells. In the conclusion she relates back to our wonderful theme- what comes after death? "Not Death, but Love". An emotional reaction of the past and future emotion of the future. This is neat- she is describing her experience and reaction to reading a poem. ![]() ![]() 270 BC), the creator of ancient Greek bucolic poetry, flourished in the 3rd century BC. ![]()
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