As soon as I give two or three jerks in the fit of madness, the chains in the prison shatter into four or five pieces.
Here, the poet celebrates the raw, explosive energy of a lover's frenzy that refuses to be tamed. The prison and its iron chains represent the suffocating constraints of worldly rules and sanity, yet they are fragile against the overwhelming force of true passion. With just a couple of desperate, powerful jerks, those heavy shackles snap like twigs, reminding us that an intensely devoted spirit can never truly be caged.
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