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In reply to the discussion: I need someone to interpret a few lines of a poem for me. [View all]Maraya1969
(22,474 posts)"And like to none that she has known
Of other women's other sons, --
The firm fruition of her need,
He shines anointed; and he blurs Her vision, till it seems indeed
A sacrilege to call him hers.
(OK so she feels fulfilled, (sexually and other ways?) by him but he "blurs Her vision........(I notice the Her is capitalized). He shines anointed:
(Definition of ANOINT
1
: to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance
2
a : to apply oil to as a sacred rite especially for consecration
b : to choose by or as if by divine election; also : to designate as if by a ritual anointment <critics anointed the author as the bright new talent> )
(She feels like he is so special, almost divine that she feels unworthy of such a God like creature.)
She fears a little for so much
Of what is best, and hardly dares
To think of him as one to touch
With aches, indignities, and cares;
(She feels as if he is too Godly or special that she doesn't want to burden him with her problems)
She sees him rather at the goal,"
(This I do not understand - it is not "as the goal" but "at the goal".) What is the goal?