UNTITLED POEM. PAGE 443, n. 1.

Since the poem has no title, the reader cannot create expectations based on it.

The poem is made up of one stanza of eight lines.

In the first four lines there is an alternate repeat of the words cloths and light, in the second one of the words feet and dreams.

There is a repeat of the conjunction “and” from the second to the fourth line.

The first and the fourth line can be considered one phrase: the first one an if clause, and the second one the main clause. The lines two, three and four have the function to describe something written in the first one (heavens’ cloths) and in these lines there is no use of verbs.

The poem expresses the poet’s love for someone. The reader cannot identify who does the poet love, for there is no reference in the text.

The poet wants to express a very deep love, nearly a platonic love. The intensity of the love is expressed by the last three lines. These lines represent the “heart” of the poem since the poet writes he has nothing to give to demonstrate his love, excepted his dreams, which are the very deepest things of the human being. Since dreams are the only reason for a man to live, this way the poet shows he gives his life to demonstrate his love.

The repeat of the words cloths/light and feet/dreams, represent the elevation the poet has been given by the love, that brought him from the “concrete” and earthly world and feelings (cloths, FEET) to an abstract and heavenly one (light, dreams).

The description of the lines two, three and four adds more intensity to the poet’s love, compared to the heavens’ cloths, something that is divine and cannot be bought, underlining that his love is true.