Questions of Travel The Home Quotes

In its first lines, the poem sets up a subtle distinction between "here" (where the speaker is and has travelled to) and the home she will mention later. She implies that there are not too many waterfalls at home. One point for home.

Now the questions begin. Should the speaker be elsewhere? What was the point of coming to the waterfalls in the first place? She begins to cast doubt on her experiences. Is she sounding a little nervous to you? Maybe a little regretful?

Here the speaker questions her experiences again. Would she have been better off simply having her dreams, and not making them come true? This sounds like a pretty depressing sentiment to us, to be honest. Chin up, speaker!