Poetry: Journal 1

XIII begins with two lovers having a romantic, sensual experience. The poem is about a man who really loves a woman yet she is emotionally distant. They are involved with each other sexually and she is just an innocent "doll" with regrets. The man tries to cheer his lover by telling her stories and make her happy and soothe her but by the end she ends up leaving. The man tries to express his love for her but she doesn't come back and he ends up being a closed off individual like a "nocturnal flower."

We realize the man is the speaker because he talks of himself as a "madman." A woman is the speakers lover as we notice when he calls her his "doll."

This poem was written by the poet to show the heartbreak that can follow relationships when two lovers are involved sexually and not emotionally. It was also written to show how one can have the love for an individual but not be able to express it.

I believe it was written in a story-like way with events happening in chronologic order.