Poetry for Students, Vol. 35 by Sara Constantakis, David J. Kelly

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The universe, it seems to him, must be loved although it doesn’t love. But given this human condition, the persona must choose a response. As a result, the persona’s loneliness intensifies in the choice. The poem taps the streams of the conscious, the unconscious, and the conscience through the interplay of archetypal forces that initially seem, through symbols, to lie beyond him but are very much a part of him. Unfortunately, the quest to alleviate the persona’s burden is not achieved. Fortunately, the very act of searching is 1 9 A c q u a i n t e d w i t h t h e N i g h t the nature of the human, just as darkness, water, light, moon, and sky are inseparable from the external world.

His goal to possess some sense of unity is offset by the abatement of certainty and direction. In other words, the persona strives for creation but in vying with a desire for certainty, his creation is lessened, one possession at a time. This lessening is emphasized in the structure of the poem. ’’ In all, the poem contains seven present perfect tense statements beginning with these words. As highlighted by John Robert Doyle, from the first tercet to the fourth the number of these statements decreases (167).

This lessening is emphasized in the structure of the poem. ’’ In all, the poem contains seven present perfect tense statements beginning with these words. As highlighted by John Robert Doyle, from the first tercet to the fourth the number of these statements decreases (167). Three appear in the first tercet, two in the second, one in the third, and none in the fourth. As the poem progresses, the persona expresses a loss of experience with something partially identifiable, decimating clarity and definition.

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