# Escape explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by Georgia Douglas Johnson.

## What happens

The speaker pleads with shadows to hide them from the relentless pursuit of sorrow, seeking refuge in profound solitude.

## Themes in this chapter

### Isolation and Otherness

The speaker seeks the solitude of shadows to escape sorrow, emphasizing a desire for isolation.

### Suffering and Resilience

The speaker is pursued by sorrow, highlighting the inescapable nature of suffering.

## Character check-ins

### Unknown

The speaker, fleeing from sorrow and seeking concealment in shadows.

### Life

Implied as the source of sorrow that pursues the speaker.

## Key lines

> Shadows, shadows, Hug me round So that I shall not be found By sorrow

Embrace me, shadows, so that sorrow cannot discover me.

_The speaker asks shadows to hide them from sorrow's pursuit._

> Fold me in your black Abyss, She will never look In this

Wrap me in your dark void, where sorrow will never search.

_The speaker seeks total concealment in the abyss to evade sorrow._

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