"This stanza become a catacomb or tomb / That serves as a temporary safe deposit / Vault for your perduring lost & found / Mind, which articulately could presume / To ask of being what could cause it, / A question as unanswerable as profound."
— Hine, Daryl (b. 1936)
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Date
December 2009
Metaphor
"This stanza become a catacomb or tomb / That serves as a temporary safe deposit / Vault for your perduring lost & found / Mind, which articulately could presume / To ask of being what could cause it, / A question as unanswerable as profound."
Metaphor in Context
Sealed & secured, the contents of this room
Turned our intimate alcove into a closet
Concealed behind a dirty bookcase: was it
A conservatory or a living room,
This stanza become a catacomb or tomb
That serves as a temporary safe deposit
Vault for your perduring lost & found
Mind, which articulately could presume
To ask of being what could cause it,
A question as unanswerable as profound.
(ll. 41-50)
Turned our intimate alcove into a closet
Concealed behind a dirty bookcase: was it
A conservatory or a living room,
This stanza become a catacomb or tomb
That serves as a temporary safe deposit
Vault for your perduring lost & found
Mind, which articulately could presume
To ask of being what could cause it,
A question as unanswerable as profound.
(ll. 41-50)
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Reading
Citation
Hine, Daryl. "from &: A Serial Poem." Poetry Magazine. December, 2009. <Link to the Poetry Foundation>
Date of Entry
12/03/2009
