The poem explores the speaker's emotional state, describing a sense of longing and melancholy. The flute song serves as a metaphor for the elusive nature of happiness and the transience of human experience. The speaker's emotions are inextricably linked to the music, which evokes feelings of nostalgia and wistfulness.
By Hilda Doolittle · First published 1941 · Genre: Poetry, Modernist, Imagism