O singer bashful and tender! I hear your notes�I hear your call;
I hear�I come presently�I understand you;
But a moment I linger�for the lustrous star has detain�d me;
The star, my departing comrade, holds and detains me.
- All nature joins in mourning shepherd's death
- Examples include "Sing on there in the swamp! O singer bashful and tender!" and "The star, my departing comrade, holds and detains me."
Connotation: The speaker had much devotion to Lincoln, who is referred to as the "lustrous star"
Attitude: Happy, Lingering
Shifts: For the first 3 lines, the stanza has an additude of happiness. Then for the last two lines the stanza has an additude of lingering.
Theme: spend time with the ones you love