Remembered by Madison Cawein (1902)
The poem reflects on the profound memory of a lost love, capturing the speaker's deep emotional connection and the pain of separation. The imagery evokes a sense of beauty and transcendence, portraying the beloved as an ethereal figure, almost divine in her purity and grace. The speaker recalls her face in the dusk, emphasizing the bittersweet nature of remembrance. The beloved is likened to a marble statue, symbolizing both her beauty and the permanence of loss. The comparison to a rose that speaks suggests an unexpressed depth of feeling, where her presence lingers in the speaker's mind. The eyes of the beloved are described as holding the vastness of the universe, reflecting peace and solitude, which further enhances her idealized image. The speaker's love is depicted as an all-encompassing force, akin to a spiritual devotion or a quest for meaning. This love is intertwined with a sense of loss, suggesting that the absence of the beloved has left a void that only a higher power can comprehend. The poem encapsulates themes of memory, idealization, and the enduring impact of love, even in its absence.
By Madison Cawein · First published 1902 · Genre: Lyric Poetry, Romanticism, Elegy · 238 words
First lines
Here in the dusk I see her face again As then I knew it, ere she fell asleep; Renunciation glorifying pain Of her soul's inmost deep.
I shall not see its like again! the brow Of passive marble, purely aureoled, -- As some pale lily in the afterglow, -- With supernatural gold.
As if a rose should speak and, somehow heard By some strange sense, the unembodied sound Grow visible, her mouth was as a word A sweet thought falters 'round.
So do I still remember eyes imbued With far reflections -- as the stars suggest The silence, purity and solitude Of infinite peace and rest.
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Madison Cawein
- Date: 1902 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Lyric Poetry, Romanticism, Elegy, Symbolism, Philosophical Poetry
- Length: 238 words
- Structure: 1 section, 5 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)
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Genres
- Lyric Poetry — The poem expresses deep personal emotions and reflections, characteristic of lyric poetry.
- Romanticism — Themes of love, loss, and idealization align with Romantic ideals.
- Elegy — The poem mourns a lost love, fitting the elegiac tradition.
- Symbolism — Use of imagery and symbols to convey deeper meanings reflects Symbolist traits.
Tags
Poetry · Romance · Love · Memory · Nostalgia · Emotion · Sentimental · Melancholy · Longing · Yearning · Loss · Grief