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Themes in Dead Love

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"heaven..."   (Text of the Poem)

This final statement that love exists only in heaven can be read as a statement that love can only be a love for God. There are no other kinds. Love for other people is fleeting and fades, but love for God in heaven is true.

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"this..."   (Text of the Poem)

The referent to “this” here is slightly ambiguous. The speaker could mean that God has not “given,” or allowed, the speaker to weep over love; she could also mean that God has not “given” true love at all. In either reading, the speaker denies her audience’s experience and feelings: God either does not want her to mourn or has not created true love at all. Therefore, the audience should not weep.

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