Bright Star

"Bright Star" was a confusing poem at first. Although at the beginning of the poem the speaker makes it seem like he wants to be like the star, the entire poem lists reasons as to why the speaker does not wish to be like the star. Essentially, the speaker cannot be like the star because the star is not human. The star simply gazes and watches.  As a human, the speaker cannot enjoy simply watching from afar. The speaker does not want to be removed from the world, he wants to be in the world. The world has many things to offer him and he cannot sit back and watch it all happen. Therefore, the star is a very unrealistic object to want to emulate. I was very confused by the last lines of this poem. It seems as if the poet is speaking of a person or possibly a lover. I assume this based off of the line "awake forever in a sweet unrest, still, still to hear her tender-taken breath." (lines 12-13). I think that  if the last lines to refer to a lover, this is another reason as to why the speaker cannot be like the star, he wants to be with his love.