They did this to her, the men who know her, the man
She loved, who loved her not enough, being selfish
And a coward, the husband who neither loved nor
Used her, but was a ruthless watcher, and the band
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Is she reading the pages from Lady Chatterley's Lover? Is she the short story, Sun by Lawrence? The poet is ambiguous with regard to the story told in the poem and makes vague references arousing sexual love. Who the protagonist is? How the husband? What does he want? Why is she confined to a room with books? Is there a cat too? Or, the basking cat is but an imagery?