In Time Of Grief Comments
Dark, thinned, beside the wall of stone,
The box dripped in the air;
Its odor through my house was blown
Into the chamber there.
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I can appreciate that the three quatrains have a rhyme scheme and a certain degree of assonance, but the application of metaphors is very obscure. What does the box signify? Why is it dripping? Where does the sting appear? These appear to be simply mundane words to fill out the verse but have no significant meaning. The poem doesn't elevate the language or create any emotion for me.
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9/4/2025 2:04:58 PM # 1.0.0
I'm very confused by this box! First I thought coffin but that just doesn't' fit with the poem. I'm lost!