Poem with explaination
We’ll Go No More A-Roving(poem)
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| Lord Byron |
Byron was born on 22 January 1788 in London. He was an English poet.He was a leading figure in the Romantic movement. He wrote lengthy narrative poems.His most popular posts are Don Juan and Childe "Harold's Pilgrimage "and" She Walks in Beauty". Byron is one of the greatest British poets. He remains widely read and influential. He travelled all over Europe .He lived for seven years in Italy and then joined the Greek War of Independence fighting the Ottoman Empire. Greeks revere him as a national hero for it. Byron was both celebrated and castigated in life for his aristocratic excesses. He was died on 19 April 1824 at the age of 36 from a fever contracted while in Missolonghi Greece.
Poem (We’ll Go No More A-Roving)
So, we'll go no more a rovingSo late into the night,
Though the heart be still as loving,
And the moon be still as bright.
For the sword outwears its sheath,
And the soul wears out the breast,
And the heart must pause to breathe,
And love itself have rest.
Though the night was made for loving,
And the day returns too soon,
Yet we'll go no more a roving
By the light of the moon.
Explaination of poem (We’ll Go No More A-Roving)
The word "rove" means "wander" or "roam." The Poet is saying that it's time to stop wandering around aimlessly late into the night. Poet felt that he was getting old.He could be saying his life is drawing to a close, that the time for play is over, and that he must prepare for old age and death. The Poet says they'll go no more a roving, even though the moon is still as bright, and the heart is "still as loving."It's time to stop even though the heart is very much alive, very much emotionally ready to go and even though the moon is still really bright.Well why stop roving when the heart still wants to, and the bright moon is very inviting? Probably because there comes a time when you have to stop wandering and messing around.
This is a way of saying one must stop messing around and playing and grow up. It also is a way of alluding to the approach of death. The poem talk fears of getting old and fears of "roving" too much sound like the fears of somebody whose life is nearing its end. The poet is like the sword.He's been around a while and has "worn out" his desire to rove.
The same goes for that bit about the soul. The soul gets tired of the body and goes wherever souls go. The heart makes things a little tricky. Sometimes, the heart needs a break from wanting to do things.
The heart is a source of love and emotion.
The Poet says that the day returns too soon, and the night is meant for loving, so why not seize the day and go roving. The poet has decided that he will not rove any longer and even though the night is perfect for it. He might also just mean he's going to give up going out and getting crazy with all the friends he loves. The poet no longer wants to be a frat guy.
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