-- Posted by fate1010203 at 7:02 pm on Oct. 9, 2008 As imperceptibly as grief The summer lapsed away, Too imperceptible at last To seem like perfidyº.     ºtreachery A quietness distilled As twilight long begun, Or nature spending with herself Sequesteredº afternoon.        ºkept secret and secluded The dusk drew earlier in, The morning foreign shone - A courteous, yet harrowingº grace,     ºagonizing As guest who would be gone. And thus, without a wing Or service of a keelº,                        ºto collapse or fall Our summer made her light escape Into the beautiful Okay, my question is, what does "the morning foreign shone" means? -- Posted by fate1010203 at 7:04 pm on Oct. 9, 2008 Anyone?! -- Posted by confuzion at 7:06 pm on Oct. 9, 2008 the morning is foreign to her, just like it says. It shines in a seemingly soft way, but is foreign to her, therefore she is uncomfortable.... Idk, I'm too tired to read the whole thing right now, but just glancing at it, I'm assuming that's what it means... -- Posted by confuzion at 7:10 pm on Oct. 9, 2008 wait... i ended up reading it anyway... ok, the poem is about how things come and go, how summer is fading, as beauty fades... Therefore your question is answered by saying what I have already said, and also the fact that she is saying that summer is changing and will soon be gone, and this is why it is foreign to her. Help any?