Looking glass - “Michael Robartes and The Dancer”
Michael Roberts enlightens the dancer: “But bear in mind your lover’s wage/Is what your looking-glass can show.” The looking-glass is a reflection the lover’s exact personality that will disentangle as a woman gets accustomed with the lover.
Green - “Michael Robartes and The Dancer”
Michael Robartes foresees, “he will turn green with rage/ at all that is not pictured there.” Green is emblematic of penetrating wrath that the lover would emit. The rage may be obscured presently, but it will surface ultimately.
The Sistine roof - “Michael Robartes and The Dancer”
Michael Robarte elucidates, “Michael Angelo’s Sistine roof/His ‘morning’ and his ‘Night’ disclose /How sinew that has been pulled tight. The Sistine roof incarnates wisdom for it segregates the morning from the night which are divergent. The morning signifies illumination whereas the night embodies oblivion.
Dark stream - “An Image From a Past Life”
The he perceives, “the elaborate star light throws a reflection/On the dark stream.” The dark stream typifies the unconscious image that is from the he’s bygone life. Here, the darkness of the stream indicates that he has not been able to obliterate the imagery from his unconscious.
