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Into my heart an air that kills
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The air brings painful memories of a distant country and its happy roads, which the speaker cannot return to. Killing describes the force of longing and lost contentment in the poem.
Sources (1)
- A. E. Housman: A Shropshire LadPoem XL, complete poemReference checked
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