This strikes me as a harsh poem. I read it several time and I could not shake that first impression. B-U-T every human experience is unique and you say something important about each personality: The man is in the grip of an obsession and such love is usually selfish in motive; it's not a union of equals, but the satisfaction of his exaggerated needs. Such a love does not bring inner peace but increasing turmoil. The woman is described as SMALL AND STUPID. Ouch! This infatuation cannot last! This is not a truthful love which will fulfill the partners
as they show kindness and fidelity to each other and make them better human beings. That's what marriage is supposed to be but so often we fall short of the ideal.
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This strikes me as a harsh poem. I read it several time and I could not shake that first impression. B-U-T every human experience is unique and you say something important about each personality: The man is in the grip of an obsession and such love is usually selfish in motive; it's not a union of equals, but the satisfaction of his exaggerated needs. Such a love does not bring inner peace but increasing turmoil. The woman is described as SMALL AND STUPID. Ouch! This infatuation cannot last! This is not a truthful love which will fulfill the partners as they show kindness and fidelity to each other and make them better human beings. That's what marriage is supposed to be but so often we fall short of the ideal.