poetry texts, poem archive at plagiarist.com

This poem doesn't sound like it was written for a woman. This person, this man, he is someone who loves her, yet expects too much of her (which is what I read in the last two stanzas) is he a courter whom she has never aknowledge, thus turns bitter? A rival for ted? or someone who rivals her in poetry, a man who does not think much of her own poetry, yet she clearly sees that he admires her, perhaps even desires her. Someone who shoots her down because he cannot have her.

I believe the third stanza should read "The moon too ABASES her subjects" NOT "ABUSES her subjects" (Emphasis added). The change might seem insignificant but I think it is important. This line is often misprinted.

actually the poem isn't about Assia. It's about a woman name Dido Merwin. Read Wintering. it explains who the poemn is about. The Other is about assia.