When my blood flows calm as a purling river,
When my heart is asleep and my brain has sway,
It is then that I vow we must part for ever,
That I will forget you, and put you away
Out of my life, as a dream is banished
Out of the mind when the dreamer awakes;
That I know it will be when the spell has vanished,
Better for both of our sakes.

When the court of the mind is ruled by Reason,
I know it wiser for us to part;
But Love is a spy who is plotting treason,
In league with that warm, red rebel, the Heart.
They whisper to me that the King is cruel,
That his reign is wicked, his law a sin,
And every word they utter is fuel
To the flame that smoulders within.

And on nights like this, when my blood runs riot
With the fever of youth and its mad desires,
When my brain in vain bids my heart be quiet,
When my breast seems the centre of lava-fires,
Oh, then is when most I miss you,
And I swear by the stars and my soul and say
That I will have you, and hold you, and kiss you,
Though the whole world stands in the way.

And like Communists, as mad, as disloyal,
My fierce emotions roam out of their lair;
They hate King Reason for being royal —
They would fire his castle, and burn him there.
O Love! They would clasp you, and crush you and kill you,
In the insurrection of uncontrol.
Across the miles, does this wild war thrill you
That is raging in my soul?

Analysis, meaning and summary of Ella Wheeler Wilcox's poem Communism

1 Comment

  1. Sarah says:

    What is it, you americans, you have against communism. The examples of the past are not at all communistic examples but examples of people using there power in the name of communism. That sort of people is ruling your country and the people of america are acting like they dont even know that! Your president kills many lifes in the name of your country and you just accept that? You even are proud of that? Do you even know what communism stands for? It stands for equalty of all human beings, for everyone! Isnt that the most beautiful thing you can believe in? In the USA people think they are treathed fair, but it are all lies that keep them calm. Communism is never ever used in the past, so dont you call communist mad an disloyal if you dont know who they are. I like your style of wrinting but you should inform and please!!open your eyes for the politic in you country, who is the maddest and most disloyal of the world!
    Thanks
    Sarah, Belgium

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