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The entire poem is Moore's attempt to work through what the problems of marriage are. She wonders why two people would link themselves together in such a public fashion if it is impossible to put aside self-love and truly meet another's needs....
• "the heart rising / in its estate of peace / as a boat rises / with the rising of the water" • "Alive with words, / vibrating like a cymbal / touched before it has been struck" • "a fire / 'as high as deep / as bright as broad / as long as...
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