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Farewell to the Presence

This poem, Farewell to the Presence, draws clear inspiration from one of Sir Walter Raleigh’s poems. Echoing Raleigh’s elegiac tone and careful rhythm, it tries to explore the quiet desolation of personal loss and abandonment in contemporary life. Instead of the grandeur of a royal court or the isolation of the sea, the poem dwells on the intimate emptiness left behind in familiar space...

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elegy   loss   abandonment   modern poetry   Sir Walter Raleigh   poetic influence   intimacy   silence   memory   absence   reflections

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