Frank Kalder it was hard to understand for me as well, but here's the backdrop
2 women, sisters, sitting on the veranda, embroidering while they discuss various topics. remember the year when it was written. the topics for discussion include aging and rest, 'would i rather be a slave than a wife' and war within the context of homer's poetry.
it's sort of unusual that rosetti was published under her woman's name in that year. the year also tells you about the historical perspective -- the civil war.
INTERNATIONAL STUFF 1841marika German Unity Day & Chancellor Angela Merkel Angie's speech yesterday in Kiel was breastled "Geh ins Offene"... Report in English: Helmut Kohl, George Bush & guests of honor...
the waste of white is at the very least a vision of the wrapped corpses of war in their shrouds.
dian is probably the war goddess, who is also a moon goddess
so, i guess that the moon is out and changes the appearance of the bodies.
but the white is also the field of the embroidery cloth, and she means that life should not be wasted, and that the white holes on the cloth need to be filled with embroidery
which of course, is the theme of fashion
more from yeats, the poet at the gate of stanley park
'everything that's lovely is but a brief, dreamy kind delight' never give all the heart
