The Well
A man too young to be so old dips his pail into the well that has been dry all these years. What does he expect to retrieve besides dusty stones and spiders?
Mike Stone
SourceLicence:CC BY-ND 4.0
A man too young to be so old dips his pail into the well that has been dry all these years. What does he expect to retrieve besides dusty stones and spiders?
A man lowers his pail into a well that has been empty for years, and the poem quietly asks why. The first line sets up a small puzzle: he is "too young to be so old." Something has worn him down early, though the poem never says what. That silence makes the man feel real and a little mysterious.
Read the full summary