how will the passing of time no longer affect the poets loved one
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When someone we love dies, we talk about getting “closure.” Yet no one really defines what closure means, whether it is possible, or how to get there. By understanding a few things about the grief process, you can help yourself -- or others -- find peace.
For many in our society, closure means leaving grief behind, a milestone they usually expect to reach within a matter of weeks or months. Closure means being “normal”, getting back to your old self, no longer crying or being affected by the death. It means “moving on with life” and leaving the past behind, even to the extent of forgetting it or ignoring it. Yet when we experience the death of a loved one, this kind of closure is not only impossible but indeed undesirable.
Closure, if one even chooses to use the term, is more of a process than a defined moment. The initial part of closure is accepting the reality. At first, you keep hoping or wishing that it weren’t true. You expect your loved one to walk through the door. You wait for someone to tell us it was all a huge mistake
The lines of the Poem that show that the passing of time will no longer affect her are as follow:
"she seemed a thing that could not feel the touch of earthy years."