Theme: the want for love over money
Allusion: lust, one of the deadly sins - "yet some accuse my taste of sin; and some insinuate"/money - "golden coin... diamonds of high rate"

Theme: a wish to be whisked away by someone you love
Multiple points of imagery: "with mushrooms and daisies, to glide...with the juice of the oracle glen?" & "Will you tickle my cheek with the glory of touch...and conjure the forest to grow"
Allusion: Delphi, a valley in Greece where the oracle resided - "with the juice of the oracle glen?"

Metaphors: When Wood writes “I am nothing but a vessel or a vane”, they’re calling themselves nothing but a part, or a piece of others. It’s almost like hopeless romanticism, empty without the affection of someone else.

Diction: Through the use of words like “thou” and “belongeth”, the poem takes on a old-timey feel. It almost reads like an olden love letter, or one of the many professions of love through paper.

Rhythm: In the middle of the poem, the alliteration creates rhythm. “Vessel or a vane”, “talk is tedious”, “sit still and silent” all create this.

Connections: I, too, long for an almost movie-esque love. Communication is hard, I wish we could just have “a little understanding”. 

Figurative Language:
This poem is full of imagery, or at least phrases that draw vivid pictures in my mind. The first stanza as a whole feels like a photograph with the way it frames the narrator and his lover beneath the stars, gazing up at them as he links his arm with theirs, it’s sweet and endearing before the transition to descriptions of physical intimacy. They’re vague enough to not be considered explicit but descriptive enough to draw faint snapshots and stills bathed in shadows and dim light of what is occurring, obscuring the reader’s vision as an onlooker yet you can still very much tell what’s happening.

Structure:
There does not seem to be any clear rhyme scheme in this poem, but there is a sense of rhythm to it as there is with all of Wood’s poetry that I’ve observed so far. The tone of the narrator is fond as he tells his lover to rest rather than to overwork herself as their activities begin.

What Stood Out? // Personal Connection:
What stood out most to me was the artistic way in which Wood described physical intimacy throughout this poem. As someone whose love language is physical touch, it connects with me to some degree, drawing me to it and making it easily likable.