Howl poem response

An Asphodel

This poem depicts people who yearn for unattainable desire: Asphodel, yet are still in the state of limbo while procrastinating any action. However, the last stanza that still is not so clear to me.

Song

The introduction of this booklet says that ‘the wonder of the thing is not that he was survived but that he, from the very depths, has found a fellow whom he can love, a love he celebrates without looking aside in these poems. This poem repeats clearly and concisely the importance and necessity of love in our life. It gives us an opportunity to take a step back and look at our restless and often times blindly pursuing life and take a break to ponder upon what are really after for.

In the back of the real

The title of this very poem more sounds like the beginning of the first stanza than the title of the whole poem. With the wording and imagery in the poem, this sound like a Muralist paint that depicts this scene of sturdy yet impotent workers in shabby outfit. This poem also gives me similar impression that I got from An Asphodel in a sense that they both have this barren and helpless depiction.