The Crystal Gazer
I. About the Poem
The Crystal Gazer
I shall gather myself into myself again,I shall take my scattered selves and make them one,
Fusing them into a polished crystal ball
Where I can see the moon and the flashing sun.
I shall sit like a sibyl, hour after hour intent,
Watching the future come and the present go,
And the little shifting pictures of people rushing
In restless self-importance to and fro.
-Sara Tasdale
http://movingpoems.com/2010/12/the-crystal-gazer-by-sara-teasdale/
II. About the Author
this poem made by The American Sara Teasdale, who lived from 1884-1933.
★Sara Teasdale's other poems
→ http://www.poemhunter.com/sarah-teasdale/poems/page-1/
★Sara Teasdale's other poems
→ http://www.poemhunter.com/sarah-teasdale/poems/page-1/
IV. My Reaction
A. rhyme- (韻)
the repetition of sounds at the ends of words.this poem uses "I shall".
emphasize by repeat.
B. - (婉曲)
an indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant .
this poem not easy to understand expression.
for example,"And the little shifting pictures of people rushing
In restless self-importance to and fro."
In restless self-importance to and fro."
C.
D. My General Opinion
I read it to mean that Sara had been involved in many things, but became a bit of a cynic. She stopped being so many different selves to so many different people and became just herself, watching the world go by as she contemplated the silliness that is mankind.
