Send Me Minerva The Light, Even Dim, Comments

This is another prayer-poem addressed to the gracious goddess Athena. Unlike the variations on Prometheus and his cosmic role, this seems to be a purely personal situation in which an individual seeks a solution to his probably psychological crisis, That's how I interpret the image of BLACK WINTER HAUNTING him. The FLAME OF WISDOM he requests will be still bright and triumphant but the victory is on a much smaller scale. The important point is the speaker's humility and subsequent gratitude to Athena.