He also tells the reader how futile the hope of his love is when he says,
“My life and all seemed turned to clay.”
In the second verse, John Clare explains to the reader that when he sees her everything turned to darkness.
“Seemed midnight at noonday”
John Clare writes about the physical affect that the girl has on him. This might make the reader relate to the poem,
“I could not see a single thing”
“Words from my heart did start;”
“They spoke as chords do from the string”
“And blood burnt round my heart.”
“Are flowers the winter’s choice?”
“Is loves bed always snow?”
In these two lines the writer is basically saying that even though it is winter, he can see flowers in his mind when he pictures her, as she is so beautiful.
“I never saw so sweet a face”
Means that the girl was beautiful and was sweet looking.
“My heart has lest it’s dwelling place,”
“And can return no more.”
These two lines could mean two things. The first one being that he has found someone to love but she won’t return his love. The second one being that his heart was dwelling as he had no one to love but now he’s seen the girl, his heart won’t dwell anymore.
