It is not only used to keep the reader engaged in a poem but also make it more enjoyable to read. The tone of “I Knew a Woman” is romantic and sensuous. In second stanza, when poet states, “Coming behind her for her pretty sake,” it can be taken in a sexual sense. For instance, it could mean that the speaker kept his sexual attractiveness under control until she was satisfied. On the other hand, the protagonist also seems genuine when he says, “I measure time by how a body sways” (25). He expresses that his aspiration for her is what makes him feel existing and youthful as he relates her to the pendulum of the clock by stating that when she was young she would quickly sway, but when she got old she would still sway slowly and firm. This reveals that no matter how old she would get, he would still love and adore
It is not only used to keep the reader engaged in a poem but also make it more enjoyable to read. The tone of “I Knew a Woman” is romantic and sensuous. In second stanza, when poet states, “Coming behind her for her pretty sake,” it can be taken in a sexual sense. For instance, it could mean that the speaker kept his sexual attractiveness under control until she was satisfied. On the other hand, the protagonist also seems genuine when he says, “I measure time by how a body sways” (25). He expresses that his aspiration for her is what makes him feel existing and youthful as he relates her to the pendulum of the clock by stating that when she was young she would quickly sway, but when she got old she would still sway slowly and firm. This reveals that no matter how old she would get, he would still love and adore