Nothing Remains by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The poem explores the theme of lost love and nostalgia. The speaker reflects on a past relationship that has ended, and nothing remains of it except memories. The tone is melancholic and introspective, with the speaker lamenting the loss of love and youth. The poem also touches on the idea that time is fleeting and that everything in life is transitory.
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox · First published 1910 · Genre: Poetry, Philosophical, Spiritual · 331 words
First lines
Nothing remains of unrecorded ages / That lie in the silent cemetery time; / Their wisdom may have shamed our wisest sages, / Their glory may have been indeed sublime. / How weak do seem our strivings after power, / How poor the grandest efforts of our brains, / If out of all we are, in one short hour / Nothing remains.
Nothing remains but the Eternal Spaces, / Time and decay uproot the forest trees. / Even the mighty mountains leave their places, / And sink their haughty heads beneath strange seas / The great earth writhes in some convulsive spasms / And turns the proudest cities into plains. / The level sea becomes a yawning chasm- / Nothing remains.
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Date: 1910 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Poetry, Philosophical, Spiritual, Reflective
- Length: 331 words
- Structure: 1 section, 4 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Difficult (College Level)
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Genres
- Poetry — The text is structured in verse and employs poetic devices such as rhyme and meter.
- Philosophical — The themes explore existential questions about time, decay, and the eternal forces.
- Spiritual — The work delves into concepts of eternal forces and the all-creative spirit of the Law.
- Reflective — The content is introspective, contemplating the transient nature of human achievements and existence.
Tags
Poetry · Philosophical · Mortality · Existential Crisis · Loss · Grief · Melancholy · Reflection · Contemplation · Death · Impermanence · Fleeting Nature