Yet another Trigee. This one is a bit more concentrated though. What do you think?

Question

Tears that drop..........Rain that falls

upon the altar............against church walls

staining markings......marks of h**l

Bells do ring..............rain plucking bells

triumphant sounds....Times of right

Trees of dark.............lights of long

world surrounding......The church of song.

Answer 1

Your Trigee paints a dualistic picture of light and darkness, and I was reminded when reading it of that wonderful scene in Hardy's "Tess" where she, world weary, describes the earth as a blighted planet.  It is never certain which will rise triumphant here, depending on one's reading; all is ambivalent.  "The church of song" is a wonderful metaphor for the world, and the tolling bells of mid-poem, though plucked by rain, are triumphant.  Of course we don't normally associate plucking with bells but with stringed instruments, but pluck also carries connotations of courage, the kind perhaps required to live in a blighted world??  In all, an imagistically rich poem with a subtle message, a message that is somber without being despondent...and yes, it is concentrated.  A very fine and philosophically mature Trigee.

Answer 2

I'm not entirely sure what "trigee" is but it's a good poem.