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Originally Posted by sun surfer
Thanks for that background info; it definitely gives the poem context. While the poem does read like a sort of fairy tale, I just can't imagine this would've passed muster as 'for children'.
It's interesting that you interpreted something of a lesbian relationship between the women. I didn't get that but it's something to think on. You did however with your comment bring to mind Carmilla, written close to the same time, which has very strong lesbian overtones.
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I read the Delphi Complete Works, and there's another, shorter, poem in there which I found impossible to read any other way. I am trying to find it now, but she talks about a woman and says that she dare not tell her how she feels. I should have bookmarked it, because now I can't seem to find it, and searching for "love" and "dare" in my e-reader brings up 50 gazillion references to the love of Christ. Which may have been a sublimation for her, who knows?
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