# Pledge explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by Georgia Douglas Johnson.

## What happens

The speaker pledges eternal devotion and daily renewal of love, promising to accompany their beloved through life from morning to night.

## Themes in this chapter

### Love and Loss

The poem centers on a pledge of enduring love and daily devotion, with an undercurrent of loss implied by the fading light and good-night.

## Character check-ins

### Unknown

The speaker who pledges fealty and eternal companionship.

### Life

Addressed as 'love', the beloved companion on life's journey.

## Key lines

> With kisses I’ll awake you love / So tenderly at morn, / The pledges of my fealty / Diunally reborn.

Each morning I will wake you with gentle kisses, renewing my vows of loyalty every day.

_The speaker emphasizes daily renewal of love and commitment._

> We’ll thread life’s way together love, / And when the fading light / Dips softly over western hills / I’ll kiss your eyes good-night.

We will walk through life side by side, and at dusk I will kiss your eyes goodnight as the sun sets.

_The pledge extends from morning to night, symbolizing a lifelong journey together._

## Links

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