What does this poem mean?

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Welcome to the forum, jamesmorgan
This poem doesn't make any sense.
I think you mean that it doesn't make any sense to you, i.e; that you don't understand it.
I'd like a stanza by stanza description of what's going on here.
You may receive a response, but most of us do not have time to give a full analysis of the meanings of poems, I am afraid. Are there any particular lines that puzzle you?
 

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A poem is an attempt to invoke an emotional response in the reader. It does not need to make perfect grammatical sense.
 

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I don't think grammar is the problem here. There are a few difficult lines. But I think the last stanza is pretty clear, and sums up the theme. Try to understand the first and last stanzas then fill in whatever you can of the rest. I like the poem.
 
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