Faithful Grave(Sonnet I) Poem by Chukwuebuka Adebayo

Faithful Grave(Sonnet I)



`Tis noiselessness I felt therefrom afar_____
Lets follow`e hot blown shara foehn to`t rest, hereafter!
Art thou scared and afread; O dare lover!
Wilt thou lead me upto whereat crawlin` briers; wilds roses growest?
Show me, Where every spirits art embitteredst?
Whither every silence uponst earth at dregs`f twilight goest?
Ow, Hither be whence son`f man enjoys cold dreams!
Tellto me, who`s there; Knock`s marble rooms!
Those tours withno depart; Isn`t hitherto`e pilgrims?
Thither`s land O` doom; A bed `f dark shadow, Ho!
`E quietude`f the noon wilt benighted heavy dusk, O no!
But oft quoths sweetheart`o love me, innit so?
Shalt thou henceforth desert hither me? ,
Or stand thou a`distance and throw dust a`me______

Thursday, November 6, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: Grave
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
The poet is emphasising the grave is a faithful
Creature. The poet in (line2-4) chose to have a tour with his lover, to the grave yard, The poet in his mind seems to question his lover's belief.He stand to know if truly his lover loves him till point of demise, But no man on earth can die for his or lover despite the rigidity of their earthly love. In most lines, he believes the grave 'As a place people travelled to without returning, the following lines, expressed the grave its as a juncture where lovers will depart each other. The unpleasantness that are present in graves.....(Line 11) portrays that, 'where daylight is as dusk'However, the poet also use some strong figures, Personification, Describing the grave as creature that can murder any creature on earth Withno racism, partiality or position no matter what, bravery and valiant to imprison the strong man.The chief picture in(Line 53-56) the poet mind is a divine and natural rest from all distresses of life 'therefrom the faithful grave'
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