Kim
Unto whose use the pregnant suns are poised, With idiot moons and stars retracting stars? Creep thou between -- thy coming's all unnoised. Heaven hath her high, as Earth her baser, wars. Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fray (By Adam's, fathers', own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate, or mars.
Kim - meaning Summary
Addressing Fate and Inheritance
The poem addresses a figure who might intervene in a troubled, inherited world. Cosmic images — "pregnant suns," moons and retracting stars — contrast heavenly and earthly conflicts. The speaker urges the addressee to "creep between," asking whether fate can be altered amid ancestral sin. It frames destiny as fragile and negotiable, inviting a reading that mixes plea, prophecy, and reflection on inherited guilt and possible redemption.
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