What does "aching joys" mean?
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Please provide context — the sentences before and after.
hat time is past,
And all its aching joys are now no more,
And all its dizzy raptures. Not for this
Faint I, nor mourn nor murmur; other gifts
Have followed; for such loss, I would believe,
Abundant recompense.
William Wordsworth
And all its aching joys are now no more,
And all its dizzy raptures. Not for this
Faint I, nor mourn nor murmur; other gifts
Have followed; for such loss, I would believe,
Abundant recompense.
William Wordsworth
"aching joys"
This seems to indicate that the person's life in the past was joyful and filled with "dizzy raptures" (next line), but now all that is in the past and s/he aches for it. This seems to say that s/he wishes to be able to go back and enjoy everything again.
This seems to indicate that the person's life in the past was joyful and filled with "dizzy raptures" (next line), but now all that is in the past and s/he aches for it. This seems to say that s/he wishes to be able to go back and enjoy everything again.
The speaker of the poem goes on to say say "other gifts have followed" that make up for what has been lost quite adequately, then lists them in lines that follow.