What Does Luke Havergal Mean

In this essay, we will discuss the poem Luke Havergal and what it means to me when I read it. Out of the four poems, I preferred Luke Havergal by Edwin Arlington Robinson. Within this poem, he is talking about a loved one that has died and he is very wounded. He thinks if death departed them death can reunite them. And that is very true the only thing the reunited you with your loved one is dead. During a loved one's death, your so hurt all you want is to at least see them one time. In opinion death for me, isn't a horrible thing the person is finally at peace and won't have to suffer anymore. I will obviously be very hurt but I have to think about the person and how they are finally at peace and how they won't suffer anymore. I like how this person in the poem is describing how they feel for the other person and it really shows how much they cared for them.
When I read this poem I see a desperately bereaved man wanting to be …show more content…
Go to the western gate Luke Havergal-
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To me, it looks like the person that is calling him is telling him to give up his life or in other word commit suicide that way he is reunited with his loved one.
As I'm reading this poem I imagine an older man and his wife maybe. He seems hurt because his wife passed away. I feel sad for him it must be a horrible feeling to lose someone like that. The guy seems to be in a serious depression and would do anything to be with him loved one again.
"Out of a grave, i come to tell you this,
Out of a grave, i come to quench the kiss
That flames upon your forehead with a glow
That blinds you to the way that you must go."
When I read this part of the poem I fell like I need to be with my loved one and see them some more time. I hear the person telling me those