Multiple seekers of love ask readers of a North London newspaper, "Can someone make my simple wish come true?" (Cope, 973). Their "simple" wish: loves or companions that must meet specific criteria. Irony bleeds through the hearts and words of the people placing the ads. Unable to find love because of their misconstrued ideas about it, they have taken out ads in a newspaper, treating potential mates as simply an order to be filled. They don't have the correct perception of love. Love is about sacrifice for the traits and habits of another person and working to accommodate the relationship with your established individual life. The "lonely hearts" in this poem will continue to find themselves lonely until they view potential companions as human beings with requirements and preferences of their own.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Lonely Hearts
"Lonely Hearts" by Wendy Cope
Multiple seekers of love ask readers of a North London newspaper, "Can someone make my simple wish come true?" (Cope, 973). Their "simple" wish: loves or companions that must meet specific criteria. Irony bleeds through the hearts and words of the people placing the ads. Unable to find love because of their misconstrued ideas about it, they have taken out ads in a newspaper, treating potential mates as simply an order to be filled. They don't have the correct perception of love. Love is about sacrifice for the traits and habits of another person and working to accommodate the relationship with your established individual life. The "lonely hearts" in this poem will continue to find themselves lonely until they view potential companions as human beings with requirements and preferences of their own.
Multiple seekers of love ask readers of a North London newspaper, "Can someone make my simple wish come true?" (Cope, 973). Their "simple" wish: loves or companions that must meet specific criteria. Irony bleeds through the hearts and words of the people placing the ads. Unable to find love because of their misconstrued ideas about it, they have taken out ads in a newspaper, treating potential mates as simply an order to be filled. They don't have the correct perception of love. Love is about sacrifice for the traits and habits of another person and working to accommodate the relationship with your established individual life. The "lonely hearts" in this poem will continue to find themselves lonely until they view potential companions as human beings with requirements and preferences of their own.
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