She lays like a lump
I can feel the great empty mountain
of her head.
But she is alive. She yawns and
scratches her nose and
pulls up the cover.
Soon I will kiss her goodnight
and we will sleep.
and far away is Scotland
and under the ground the
gophers run.
I hear engines in the night
and through the sky a white
hand whirls:
good night, dear, goodnight.
I understand the first half of the poem but 'and far away is Scotland' is where i start to not understand.
and far away is Scotland/and under the ground the/gophers run.
What is he saying here? Is he glad that scotland is far away from him? What do the gophers represent? What does he try to say by going 'under the ground'?
I hear engines in the night/and through the sky a white/hand whirls:/good night, dear, goodnight.
Yeah i have no idea what is going on with these lines, I really have no clue what he's trying to say here. Any help would be appreciated!
I can feel the great empty mountain
of her head.
But she is alive. She yawns and
scratches her nose and
pulls up the cover.
Soon I will kiss her goodnight
and we will sleep.
and far away is Scotland
and under the ground the
gophers run.
I hear engines in the night
and through the sky a white
hand whirls:
good night, dear, goodnight.
I understand the first half of the poem but 'and far away is Scotland' is where i start to not understand.
and far away is Scotland/and under the ground the/gophers run.
What is he saying here? Is he glad that scotland is far away from him? What do the gophers represent? What does he try to say by going 'under the ground'?
I hear engines in the night/and through the sky a white/hand whirls:/good night, dear, goodnight.
Yeah i have no idea what is going on with these lines, I really have no clue what he's trying to say here. Any help would be appreciated!