How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #4
And because of all this, my heart is breaking
And I hear for my bright cheeks, lest they fade (25-26)
Here is the first time that the speaker explicitly expresses her sadness: her "heart is breaking." She's so lonely and isolated, that she's afraid that even her beautiful bright cheeks will "fade." The image of the fading cheeks also suggests that the speaker may actually be getting physically ill from her isolation. She's becoming pale and sickly looking—not good.