 — is a point of entry into the psychoanalytical interpretation of the poem , in which the limestone landscape is a suitable backdrop for narcissism . The poem 's " band of rivals " cavorting about the " steep stone <unk> " exists in an aesthetic and spiritual torpor — unable to " conceive a god whose temper @-@ tantrums are moral / And not to be pacified by a clever line / Or a good lay … " . Lacking inner conflict , these youth will never " separate " or produce a new kind of art . Compared to the trait 's earlier literary treatments , " Limestone " ' s narcissism " bodes not so much the promise of a powerful aesthetic , but an artistic culture which , while it seduces , is ultimately <unk> by the gratification of its own desire " . 
