poem poem alfred lord published poem follows common theme work isolation subject woman continuously lack connection society isolation defines existence longing connection leaves wishing death end stanza premise originates william_shakespeare measure measure poem ends lover returns version adapted including use works poem received critics described critics example skill poetry background wrote printed early collection poems previously contributed poems work poems brothers early poems dealing isolation memory found theme continued later collection poems like ode memory representing earlier poems visit summer sought aid spanish rebels time affected experience influence appears south published later version follows idea lady structure poems form dramatic monologue like lady accurately lyrical narrative contains elements dramatic contains refrain carries poem found poems completely dramatic monologue represents title figure unable control poem themes poem technique later poem voices rhyme scheme poem different standard ballad rhyme serves contain poem allow free expression middle returns theme beginning pattern lines contain words poem poem teach audience melancholy means instead describes aspects begins moss flower plots nails fell knots held pear wall broken sheds looked sad strange worn ancient lonely said life said said dead lines narrator poem disconnected able particular able describe sweet heaven refuses scene unable understand movement time tears fell tears fell dried look sweet heaven lines surrounded little movement poem water calm growth moss stone cast wall waters slept round small lines trapped surroundings stanza begins sensitive sound starts mentally lose place reality roof slow clock sound wind sense lines poem ends description sunlight unable reveal dust home hour thick lay chambers day sloping western lines poem ends altered version refrain serves wishes death alive final moment allows end poem instead allowing poem end said come said god dead lines themes poems traditionally rely use visual imagery effect instead imagery serves emphasise hearing sensitive able hear sound reveals silence surroundings loneliness causes unable recognise beauty surroundings world contrast poems including lady movement lack true ending poem unlike later version south poem stronger conclusion found death character connected shakespeare measure measure direct quotation shakespeare play regards character shakespeare play rejected character lives love version set lincolnshire vienna shakespeare play makes characters completely english additionally scene poem original context works connected imagery idea dull life female named uses image painting based version lines poem catalogue description painting similarly version served inspiration novel main character sensitive sounds constantly looking window image represents imprisonment homes image later works equally woman weary depictions later works difference depiction image woman woman unwilling live independent life instead depiction greater found version removes replaces scene filled vibrant colours depiction similar wanting die sexually independent figure rejects lover returned character hand likely happily accepted lover character recognise beauty nature character able turn nature gain manner similar romantic poems including connection condition condition ode narrator end able movement reaches point furthermore unlike romantic poems character nature able achieve imagination furthermore little outside exists poem mood respond changes nature terms poems strong connection character female characters characters experience mental imprisonment revealed poetic able control story serves narrator denied control use person narrative structure difference compounded imprisonment coming memories external results lover having returned character connected simply reversal character like waits lover suffers intense passion causes lose control mind able experience world character combination aspects characters revised version south second similar lady live world fantasy reality critical response wrote early career poem outstanding insight primitive ideal life early review westminster review praises depiction women poems says portraits delicate perfect life character nicely different emotion passion expressed common descriptions appropriate object shade feeling light touch passing admiration triumphant madness soul sense deep review professor argues descriptive poetry feature realistic description characteristic muse surpassed view early works aspect makes early works better later works essays ancient modern praises ability represent visual aspects scene later argues poem art penultimate argues analysis works poem depiction self involves drawing forces order assert self differently powerful expression early moment exists strong image rhythm narrative possibility desire end preferred patience writes stanza grip present mastery sound images evident early poem description house echoes utter analysis declares famous heroine volume ballad poems greater substance develop poetic begins establish songs
Mariana (poem)