I Thought Of You Comments

How very deeply felt and said. Unforgettably sad, the separation of a lifetime, bled. Absolutly beautiful!

FINAL COMMENT: CONGRATULATIONS being chosen by Poem Hunter and Team as The Classic Poem Of The Day.5 Stars and thank you for sharing

TWO: and it is only through memory that they can be together again. The poem also captures the prevailing sentiments of longing and melancholy in the early 20th century.

ONE: This poem goes about memory, time, and the ephemeral nature of love. The speaker reflects on a past love, acknowledging that time and death will eventually separate them,

she is not talking about 'the sea' - she is talking about lake Michigan, where she often spent weeks with her St. Louis family, at the beach near Traverse City, Michigan

The obscure hippie group " PEARLS BEFORE SWINE" has made a beautiful tune to this most haunting poem. They have combined it with some verses taken from Shakespeare's " The Tempest" - and they have called it " Full Fathom Five / I Shall Not Care." It is available for listening on Spotify.