本诗最后一小节是主题的重复。对五月的告别暗示着诗人在内心与逝去的青春的依依惜别。整首诗洋溢着浪漫的感伤。从时代的角度去剖析,不难发现,这种低徊的情绪,或多或少与世纪末的沮丧颓意相吻合。
这首诗写得十分优美。这种优美不仅仅体现在诗歌的遣辞用句上,诗人频频移动的视线,现实具象世界与象征观念世界的交错,色调的明暗对比,自然描写与内心独白的巧妙穿插,共同构成这首诗迷人的魅力。Hannes is an old man who has grown apart from his children. Recently retired when his wife gets ill he tries to reconcile with them and to atone for his cold demeanor in the past.
