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When I first started the poem, I thought that it would be… different than it was. I did not expect it to take a turn for the romantic side of things, the way that she loves someone, how she feels when she’s with her lover. When I read the title and the first line, I thought it would something harsher, something with more battle and blood. And then the part with the coroner, I can’t tell if this is describing a scrape on one’s hand or knee or just rubbing your hand over your knee? I don’t really understand it. But the 3rd stanza, I think that’s about how she deals with being hurt, she won’t just sit there, let it happen, she doesn’t expect it. It happens and she reacts. The 4th goes on to how she how she enjoys lying with her lover, being near him and keeping him alive and going. But, I think it’s about a lover who has been sent off to war, forced to battle and risk his life every day she has to appreciate all the time she has with him. And then the final stanza focuses on him returning home and though she may not be fierce or a warrior, but she can comfort him, massage his spine, help him. Be a healer rather than a killer.
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