This poem is about a man wishing someone he loves is dead. This is unusual because people normally do not wish that their loved ones are dead. The poem then goes on to say "You would come hither, and bend your head", meaning now that his beloved is dead she is subservient to him. He wants to lay his head on her breasts while she whispers sweet words to him. He hopes with her being dead she would forgive him for his mistakes and love him. His beloved must now submit to him and do what he says. Whereas when she was alive she was a free person and she could do whatever she wanted but after she is dead she would be bound to him. Gonne's unreciprocated love for Yeats is shown in this poem because Gonne never submitted to Yeats no matter how hard he tried to get her to love him.
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