Who is luke havergal

The leaves will whisper there of her, and some, Like flying words, will strike you as they fall; But go, and if you listen she will call. Go to the western gate, Luke Havergal — Luke Havergal. No, there is not a dawn in eastern skies — In eastern skies.

Go, for the winds are tearing them away,— Nor think to riddle the dead words they say, Nor any more to feel them as they fall; But go, and if you trust her she will call. There is the western gate, Luke Havergal— Luke Havergal. She fears him, and will always ask What fated her to choose him; She meets in his engaging mask All reasons to refuse him; But what she meets and what she fears Are less than are the downward years, Drawn Miniver Cheevy, child of scorn, Grew lean while he assailed the seasons; He wept that he was ever born, And he had reasons.

Miniver loved the days of old When swords were bright and steeds were prancing; The vision of a warrior bold Would set him dancing.

What do you know about magic? E bends e old body down, turns the wishbone branch into a cross, places it around my neck. It shows Robinsons loss of love — indeed he did lose love. And it talks about death — a Romantic aspect. In this poem we see Romantic aspects such as loss of love and death but we also see a realistic aspect of the futileness of love or so it seems in Robinsons eyes. Rather interesting poem. It was published with other poems about his fictional Tillbury town characters who mirrored his experiences and feelings.

This poem appeared with poems such as Richard Cory and Miniver Cheevy. Those are good reads to further understand Robinsons style and experience. The western gate is death. The sun rises in the east-life and youth, and sets in the west-death.

The crimson leaves represent the fall of his life, leaning towards winter death. Perhaps the speaker is the voice that represents his desent into madness perhaps and death. The speaker believes the only way for luke havergal to be happy again is to die go to the western gate. I mean no disrespect, but I totally disagree with the comments on east and west. The sun sets in the west, thus representing death. The sun rises in the east, thus representing hope and life.

When I first read this poem I completely got lost. After reading it about forty times I began to catch on a little, but I am not sure what it all means, or who is the speaker. Well the speaker is clearly dead and telling Luke Havergal to go to the western gate because the eastern skies do not have a dawn. I think that maybe the western gate is heaven and the eastern skies is hell. In the third stanza line 20 it implies that when Luke reaches a certain point they will tell him to go to hell or go to heaven.

Your email address will not be published. Do you have any comments, criticism, paraphrasis or analysis of this poem that you feel would assist other visitors in understanding the meaning or the theme of this poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson better? He feels betrayed and abandoned, being left alone to face the cruel outside world. When he has committed suicide, "she will call" and they will be reunited in the place "where she is. The gate is marked by vines clinging to the wall, leaves colored red in the gloom of the western sky.

As the dying leaves are blown from the vines, they remind Luke of his love and strike him with the same force as the words he hears in his heart - his love calling to him.