Can you explain what the poem below means?
I'm sitting under a willow,
My legs stretched in front of me
And an open book
Resting on my knees.
The paper absorbs the sunlight,
Shivers with pleasure.
The story floats out of the pages
Shimmering at me.
I see words dancing
In front of my eyes.
They are blurry,
I don't know what
They are trying to tell me.
All because my thoughts
Are somewhere else.
Somewhere far away.
Painful thoughts.
Obsessing,
Circling
Something
That is not real.
Something I'll never have.
I understand that there is someone reading a book in a sunny day. He/she feels very relaxed because of the sun and he/she is about to sleep. Despite trying to keep on reading the book, he/she can´t and
ReplyDeletethat´s why words are dancing and blurry.
Very good, but can't you tell me why she can't read?
ReplyDeleteBecause of the sun. It dazzles and he/she cannot see.
DeleteNoooo ... have a look at the last nine lines. ;)
DeleteThe person in the poem is so absorbed in his painful and terrible thoughts that he cannot focus on what he is reading. He is trying to read something, but the words seem to dance in front of him.
ReplyDeleteYes, but what nobody has told me is what the painful thoughts are about... Look at the last four lines.
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