The speaker of this poem bitterly declares that a former lover's husband merely thinks of her as "Something better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse.
The speaker of this poem bitterly declares that a former lover's husband merely thinks of her as "Something better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse." Its speaker fantasizes about voyaging to "Summer isles of Eden" in "dark-purple spheres of sea" where he might "take some savage woman" and rear a "dusky race," but dismissively concludes "better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay." In the second half of this poem, the speaker sees "the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be" when "the war-drum throbb'd no longer," giving way to "the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world." The first half of this poem focuses on the speaker's love for his cousin Amy, causing him to reflect that "In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love." For 10 points, name this dramatic monologue about a soldier's return to his title childhood home, written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
The speaker of this poem bitterly declares that a former lover's husband merely thinks of her as "Something better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse.
"Locksley Hall"