What does the allusion to Luna and Endymion in Isolation:To Mergurite signify
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In Greek mythology, Luna is the Moon goddess and Endymion was a handsome young man whose youth was preserved by eternal sleep. According to this mythology, Luna bore Endymion fifty daughters by embracing him in his sleep.
The allusion to Luna and Endymion signifies the narrator's own situation of love. Luna is wandering in Heaven, far removed from worldly feelings and emotions. This depicts Marguerite's absence from the narrator. Marguerite like Luna is unaware of the pain of love which the narrator feels. He is heartbroken because Marguerite does not know the pain she has afflicted on him.
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