Two Poems for T. | Themes
Epiphany
In the thirteenth line of the poem, Pavese says, “you’ll rediscover something.” The poem does not identify what T. is supposed to discover, but readers can tell that it will be a revelation that will change T.’s life. While she is described as being a part of the clamor earlier in the poem, in line 7 the speaker says that after this revelation she will be “beyond the clamor.”
An epiphany is a moment when a character comes to a sudden understanding of the meaning or essence of things. In this case, the poet tells readers that the character being...
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