poetry response 2/07

I Shall Not Care by Sara Teasdale

When I am dead and over me bright April 
Shakes out her rain-drenched hair, 
Tho’ you should lean above me broken-hearted, 
I shall not care. 

I shall have peace, as leafy trees are peaceful 
When rain bends down the bough, 
And I shall be more silent and cold-hearted 
Than you are now.

Apparently this poem is a suicide note from the author years before she committed. Both stanzas have different focuses, the first focusing on maybe a lover or someone missing her when she’s gone and her not caring. The second stanza is a jab at the lover or person who didn’t care for her when she was alive but did when she died.

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