It will not be simple, it will not take long
It will take little time, it will take all your thought
It will take all your heart, it will take all your breath
It will be short, it will not be simple

It will touch through your ribs, it will take all your heart
It will not take long, it will occupy all your thought
As a city is occupied, as a bed is occupied
It will take your flesh, it will not be simple

You are coming into us who cannot withstand you
You are coming into us who never wanted to withstand you
You are taking parts of us into places never planned
You are going far away with pieces of our lives

It will be short, it will take all your breath
It will not be simple, it will become your will

Analysis, meaning and summary of Adrienne Rich's poem Final Notions

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  1. RAZIA SULTANA says:

    in this poem we come to know that kindness and love are same. love is a Godhood because in love our dedication just for other .our imagination are just for others and we forget ourself.

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