I Thought Of You Poem by Sara Teasdale
I Thought Of You
I thought of you and how you love this beauty,
And walking up the long beach all alone
I heard the waves breaking in measured thunder
As you and I once heard their monotone.
Around me were the echoing dunes, beyond me
The cold and sparkling silver of the sea --
We two will pass through death and ages lengthen
Before you hear that sound again with me.
Submitted by Venus
TWO: and it is only through memory that they can be together again. The poem also captures the prevailing sentiments of longing and melancholy in the early 20th century.
ONE: This poem goes about memory, time, and the ephemeral nature of love. The speaker reflects on a past love, acknowledging that time and death will eventually separate them,
she is not talking about 'the sea' - she is talking about lake Michigan, where she often spent weeks with her St. Louis family, at the beach near Traverse City, Michigan
The obscure hippie group " PEARLS BEFORE SWINE" has made a beautiful tune to this most haunting poem. They have combined it with some verses taken from Shakespeare's " The Tempest" - and they have called it " Full Fathom Five / I Shall Not Care." It is available for listening on Spotify.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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FINAL COMMENT: CONGRATULATIONS being chosen by Poem Hunter and Team as The Classic Poem Of The Day.5 Stars and thank you for sharing