The Dark Muse's Revisit

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  Soman Ragavan December 1st, 2023 06:25

  My comments on the poem "The dark muse’s revisit” by Serene
  There is a saying “Hell hath no fury like a woman spurned.” Here, it might not be about “spurned,” but it’s certainly wronged. Throughout this poem there is hell.
  --Even the opening gambit says that people who have been hurt are dangerous; the warning is at the very start.
  --Hell feels their only address : they know that what they will do might land them in hell; but they are prepared for that.
  --the change in her is due to what had been done to her.
  --there is no need for her to apologise when those who harmed her never did so.
  -- did the poetess make a friend/a hero within herself ?
  --“mighty might” : the word “mighty” amplifies the might; she means business.
  --she transformed the hurt done to her into a weapon with which to hit back.
  --she acknowledges that she might have weak spots (“still vulnerable”), but with every fight she derives bigger strength.
  --“divine and wicked” : both at the same time; a duality she acknowledges; “a poisoned beauty” : beauty is a mean by which she will hit back.
  --bitterness is at the root of her reactions.
  --she compares herself to hell : the hell she will unleash soon.
  --she has understood the mental weapons her adversary used.
  --she knows what the other guy thinks of her (“In your story I am the villain”).
  --the word “darling” appears here, but it is sarcastic; she is still bent on revenge.
  --she says clearly that she will give battle, to avenge what was done to her.
  --the other guy was responsible for turning her into what she has become (“the monster mask I wore”).
  --“sparked the fire; now you’ll feel the burn” : he started the fire; that fire will end up burning him.
  --the last line is clear-cut : it summarises the revenge that will be meted out.
  Soman Ragavan. December, 2023.
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