Wilfred OwenEscape? There is one unwatched way: your eyes. O Beauty! Keep me good that secret gate.
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“Escape? There is one unwatched way: your eyes. O Beauty! Keep me good that secret gate.” In the poem, the speaker describes his love for a woman who is too beautiful to be seen by other people. He thinks she is so beautiful that he cannot bear it if he sees her in public with other people. He wants her for himself and does not want to share her with anyone else, so he must find a way to meet her secretly.
Source: The Poems Of Wilfred Owen
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