I have to really contemplate hard on this one. Not that this is hard to figure out, it's straightforward. It's a poem that comes from Shakespearean times from the choice of words. It gives me a vision of a person who arrives weary at a tavern weary and in need of nourishment.

But I'm troubled because I think the poet directly implies self in this scene, relating to what I assume is a young woman, probably half the age. And his apology is that he can't bed her to take away her sadness because he's married, but more importantly too old? I think he just wants to say he'd court her if he were a younger man, in a round about way, saying she's pretty enough for him.

That's assuming a lot. I do like the advice at the end that better days are ahead. I just don't know. Does he truly know what her sadness is about, or is this the poet's own fantasy?

I don't know. Just, couldn't wrap my mind around why.

Brian



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