The Satyr's Heart

What are the motifs in The Satyr's Heart by Brigit Pegeen Kelly?

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God and reason is a recurring idea in the poem. There is no direct mention of God or spirituality in Kelly's poem, nor is there any direct reference to reason or philosophy, but the phrase "His neck rises to a dull point, points upward / To something long gone, elusive" likely refers to some combination of these ideas. The word "elusive" is the key hint that Kelly is not simply referring to the satyr's head here, but to something associated either with the head and brain or the sky, since the long lost head of a statue would not be elusive, but simply absent.