The first line of the poem is an interesting way to catch the reader. Without reading on you will think that these two people know each other because they lie back to back. In essence this means at first they have do not know each other at all. As they lie back-to-back it could be miles and miles away and still have the same meaning. Kenyon had a great pick of word choice for this first line. As the next line is read curtains lift and fall, as do relationships. This is a great metaphor for this poem. Relationships definitely have their ups and downs and this is shown in great detail here in this line. Now in the next line i

As the months go on the planning also goes on. With alliteration apparent in this line it is really coming closer and closer, it is also an instance of indirect reference, therefore and allusion to marriage. The day will be there before she knows it. This woman is now becoming closer to this man with every short visit. But only seeing each other now and then could cause problems in the future. She now understands that he is a shy and possibly lacking self-confidence like everyone in that situation would be. All that is going to happen now is she will ease into the relationship and see how it goes in the long run. It is ironic though that this gentleman is timid because he did choose this woman to marry. Now why would he choose someone he wouldn't be comfortable around? Well we really will never know. What we do know is the woman is happy with her life and was able to express this in 11 lines. That is something special within itself.

Now moving along to the next line the wind

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Approximate Word count = 669
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)