Wednesday, October 5, 2011

"Lonely Hearts" by Wendy Cope - Pattern

"Do you live in North London? Is it you?" This poem has the most obvious pattern of repetition of all this week. And I believe it has the most profound effect on the poem. First it starts as an innocent lovely question wondering if YOU may be the one who is just right for the speaker. But then, it begins to shift. The question remains the same; however, the context becomes creepier making the question seem violating. To me, her descriptions of herself seem like gloating, and she probably is not exactly as how she describes. I feel violated when she asks me to write to her without even knowing who she really is. But the question keeps her innocence. She seems pitiful and in need of love. While I could never write to her, I at least feel sympathy towards her lonely situation.

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