Pebbles Of Charted Seas Comments

Well, THE VALLEY FULL OF LUCIOUS TREES is certainly an image of pleasures to be had for free - if they can be reached. The skinny line suggests to me the speaker is on a long journey and whatr he sees around offers no refuge - his journey stretches on with no discernible end. There is no whining in this poem, no WOE IS ME defeatism, but there is also little joy on this journey and ending with a reference to Gethsemane indicates there is both more suffering and more blessings ahead. This is curiously like a Samuel Beckett scene but with religious faith instead of nihilism.