POEM ANALYSIS

Poem Analysis

Poem Analysis

Nostalgia for the past idea that things change and nothing will stay in its original glory forever. Speaker is also the large monarch because he built up this huge kingdom on the backs of worker only to have it now in shambles.

This short verse notifies the story continues of the past and how they need to make any lasting influence on the inhabitants of those in the present. The unfastening line, "I met a traveler from an antique land," presents the verse a mysterious air. Neither the traveler nor his location is identified which helps the reader to ...