The poem depicts the Earth as a mother figure who embraces the speaker with her warm arms, understanding their sorrow and wandering. The speaker sees life as a crow that conquers the top of an aspen tree each day, or dips its beak in the holy well of the sun at dawn. Life is also likened to taking flight with Satan's wings or being Satan himself, awakening a wicked man to murder. Ultimately, the speaker gives thanks to the grief-stricken Earth who has opened her bloodied arms to embrace them.
The poem depicts the Earth as a mother figure who embraces the speaker with her warm arms, understanding their sorrow and wandering. The speaker sees life as a crow that conquers the top of an aspen tree each day, or dips its beak in the holy well of the sun at dawn. Life is also likened to taking flight with Satan's wings or being Satan himself, awakening a wicked man to murder. Ultimately, the speaker gives thanks to the grief-stricken Earth who has opened her bloodied arms to embrace them.
The poem depicts the Earth as a mother figure who embraces the speaker with her warm arms, understanding their sorrow and wandering. The speaker sees life as a crow that conquers the top of an aspen tree each day, or dips its beak in the holy well of the sun at dawn. Life is also likened to taking flight with Satan's wings or being Satan himself, awakening a wicked man to murder. Ultimately, the speaker gives thanks to the grief-stricken Earth who has opened her bloodied arms to embrace them.