Comments : Our love is more than one plus one

  • 11 years ago

    by Timothy

    This is the second time I've seen math being used as an extended metaphor in poetry this week, and I personally think it works fantastically.

    I loved this stanza above all else:

    I have to have more time to count all,
    it is like love, how do you count love?
    by the kisses and touches?
    or by the thoughts of love?

    Interesting ideas posed here about the measuring and counting of love. The speaker creates a division between love's 'physical' nature as well as the mental and arguably more precious state - subconsciously adhering to the math metaphor, which is such a mature technique the poet has used successfully.

    Excellent.