Speaker ‘mourning’ the end of a relationship. Uses typical melancholy imagery to portray her feelings. Used tool of time to further emphasise the draining feelings of a breakup. Only optimism is at the thought of time being reversed.
”the clocks slid…
…back and hour and stole light from my life”
“Wrong part…
…of town”
“And, of course…
…unmendable rain”
“Heart
knaw”
“Sky could…
…lift more than one hour”
”words I would…
…never have said nor have heard you say“
“Beyond all light. …
…these are the shortened days and endless nights”
How does the use of enhancement reflect speaker?
varied throughout poem, underpins state of emotional uncertainty and rawness of narrator
