Question

The last line of the poem is, "You will understand." What is most likely that his wife will understand, having read the

poem?

(To My Wife—With a copy of My Poems by Oscar Wilde)

Wilde's love for her
why Wilde had to leave her the metaphor in the poem

Answer 1

It suggest to me that when going through adversity, darkness, cold loveless hard times, that there remains a glimmer of hope and awareness of better times rebirth warmth joy and growth ahead once the cold difficult “despair" has passed. Perhaps recalling a cycle reflective of human emotional ups and downs.