I love that refrain - it's so atmospheric - and creepy. A sentinel totally absorbed by the space she guards and those mysterious jars! ! The second stanza is a litany of mistakes that can't be corrected. The situation is beyond hope.
But the vocabulary and pacing make for a beautiful poem - ironic - it's the beauty of terror.
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I love that refrain - it's so atmospheric - and creepy. A sentinel totally absorbed by the space she guards and those mysterious jars! ! The second stanza is a litany of mistakes that can't be corrected. The situation is beyond hope. But the vocabulary and pacing make for a beautiful poem - ironic - it's the beauty of terror.