When I first read this work of Ezra Pound I thought the husband had left her for good, then I get the picture he is off and working. This poem reminded me of my grandmother and listening to her talk about the realtionship she had with my grandfather.
This poem, of cours, comes from the early 1900s. It seemed like in our society women were very faithful to their husband and I noticed this lady refers to her husband as "Lord." I haven't heard that expression since reading in the Bible where Sarah refers to Abraham as Lord. The Bible also teaches that women should love their husbands as Sarah loved Abraham. I wander if Pound had read her Bible to use those words of if she is really picture what a strong marriage should be.
This young lady is no doubt in love and draws closer to her husband each and every day they are married. I also noticed he "dragged his feet" as if he was having a hard time leaving his wife. It was almost as if he was battleing to stay home or work to support his home.
Back to my grandmother and her days of young marriage. It seems to me back then men and women truely loved each other. They were faithful to each other and most of all the men worked and supported the home. Everything seemed to be in perfect harmony. What has happen to the realtionships in our country? If a man left for a few months at a time to work, now days, the home would be destroyed in just a few days. What a sad condition we are in--there is no committment in marriage the way Pound described it in River-Merchant's Wife.
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