{"id":"01KG8AJGG8JX2KQP2F73RKX23M","cid":"bafkreicjy2mopbrpb2njwd72xer36hgl4rz6kbzillpzdeijmislft42w4","type":"chapter","properties":{"description":"# MONODY\n\n## Overview\n\"MONODY\" is a poem by Herman Melville, presented as a chapter within a larger collection. It was extracted from the file `john_marr_and_other_poems.txt` and is part of the \"Melville Complete Works\" collection. The poem spans lines 1644 to 1663 of the source text.\n\n## Context\nThis poem is included in the poetry collection titled \"[John Marr and Other Poems](arke:01KG8AJ5CWVMSM9AY2938E996H)\". The collection itself was extracted from the file \"[john_marr_and_other_poems.txt](arke:01KG89J19Y3FNVN5KWASY78BP4)\" and is part of the comprehensive \"[Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW)\" archive. \"MONODY\" is preceded by the poem \"THE NEW ZEALOT TO THE SUN\" and followed by \"LONE FOUNTS\".\n\n## Contents\nThe poem \"MONODY\" reflects on loss and remembrance. It begins with a lament for a departed loved one, expressing the pain of their absence and the finality of death. The verses then shift to a somber depiction of the deceased's resting place, described as a \"hermit-mound\" covered in snow and ice, emphasizing the cold and lonely end. The poem concludes with a plea for solace, a \"little ease,\" addressed to the speaker's song.","description_generated_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:09.780Z","description_model":"gemini-2.5-flash-lite","description_title":"MONODY","end_line":1663,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:32.310Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"MONODY","source_file":"01KG89J19Y3FNVN5KWASY78BP4","start_line":1644,"text":"MONODY\r\n\r\n\r\nTo have known him, to have loved him\r\n    After loneness long;\r\nAnd then to be estranged in life,\r\n    And neither in the wrong;\r\nAnd now for death to set his seal—\r\n    Ease me, a little ease, my song!\r\n\r\nBy wintry hills his hermit-mound\r\n    The sheeted snow-drifts drape,\r\nAnd houseless there the snow-bird flits\r\n    Beneath the fir-trees’ crape:\r\nGlazed now with ice the cloistral vine\r\n    That hid the shyest grape.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r","title":"MONODY"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG8AJ5CWVMSM9AY2938E996H","peer_type":"poetry_collection","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG89J19Y3FNVN5KWASY78BP4","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG8AJGG8M0NM60VF33S4AS3V","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"prev"},{"peer":"01KG8AJGG88VHZS04S744JNJKH","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"next"}],"ver":3,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:33.896Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:48:09.985Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF5C36SQEVDHC9CBNZZJH9K"}}