My life closed twice before its close

My life closed twice before its close-
It yet remains to see
If Immortality unveil
A third event to me

So huge, so hopeless to conceive
As these that twice befell.
Parting is all we know of heaven,
And all we need of hell.


The Central purpose of the poem is death. In my opinion, the reader has had two near death experiences before she actually experiences physical death. Although, the author doesn't reveal the near death experiences, you can tell that it definitely had to be something very meaningful to him or her. What I consider meaningful losses are co the loss of a family member or friend, or when someone leaves us romantically.

The second stanza implies that he or she feels hopeless because his or her loss has happened more than once and it's hard to comprehend. We know when physical death of a love one leaves the earthly world that part of us sees heaven because no more suffering, but while stuck on earth is like living in hell because we hurt so bad. A serious break up feels like death to some of us because our heart hurts so bad. Parting from the relationship can be good at the same time because we know down deep it was not meant to be.