Bring on the tough stuff - there’s not just one right answer.
- Why does the speaker grieve silently? Why is he so secretive about his feelings?
- What is the effect of this poem's strange and flexible meter?
- There are a lot of eights and multiples of eight in this poem (four octets, thirty-two lines, etc.). What is the effect and-or significance of this number?
- Is this poem about sadness or anger? How can you tell?
- Does the speaker seem vengeful at all? Is he secretly plotting something? Why do you think so?