"Then shall my ghost come to thy bed" Line 4
This is the first scary, ghost-story poem we have read so far. However it is not at all the first poem inspired by a woman. It seems the speaker is telling the woman responsible for his murder that he will return to haunt her. Since the woman's husband won't wake up, she will be left to fend off the ghost herself. This man obviously has no sympathy for this woman. However I am not sure if he literally means a murder or perhaps merely a figurative one. Furthermore the haunting itself could just be figurative. This woman could be a former lover of his, and he is saying because of his heart being broken, he will never rest until she feels the pain he felt. Maybe his "ghost" is merely memories of their relationship, and her "haunting" is his making her regret the decision she made.
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