Analysis of While Lounging In A Chair

While lounging in a chair, I looked up at the ceiling
   Where, teasing my imagination,
A circle hangs above the quiet lamp,
   And spins just like a ghostly shadow.

Within the flicker there's a trace of autumn sunset:
   As if, above the rooftop and the garden,
Unable to fly off, afraid to land,
   Dark flocks of blackbirds circle. . .

No, it's not wings I hear, but hooves at the front gate!
   I hear the trembling hands . . .
How chill the pallor of a lovely face!
   How bitter parting's whisper! . .

Lost and in silence, I survey the distant road
   Beyond the dimming garden,-
While the impatient flock of blackbirds,
   Unsheltered, circles still.