" The Admission "

        The speaker of this poem is telling someone to admit that they love them. He or she is saying that time may have passed, fights might have happened, and that lover's  “surroundings” may be trying to discourage them to tell the speaker how they feel, but those things don't mean anything if the lover truly loves him/her: just say it. This poem utilizes words that express strong emotions about love and how obstacles are trying to get in the way of it: “bridges burn”, “ affects”, “alone”, “forget “. I'd describe this poem to have a negative meaning towards the idea of not telling the person you love that you love them. The poet's tone is emotional as the narrator trying to convince their lover to admit their feelings to the narrator. In the first and last lines of the poem, the speaker literally asks the mate to “ say so..” if they love them and to “Tell me [speaker] what it means to you [lover].” The speaker just wants answers and his/her feelings are getting tied into it. There is a little shift right at the end of the poem within the speaker's thought process.  Throughout most of the poem ( lines 1-23), the speaker is just telling the mate to admit their love or feelings for them, and them right at the last two lines, the speaker asks them to tell “... what it [Love] means to you”. I believe that the theme here is that love can overcome all obstacles (if you are courageous enough to accept it). Despite the fights, despite the critical attitudes of society and the time that passes by when all of this occurs, two people that honestly love each other will prevail through it all; however, the couple must be brave enough to deal with those obstacles as they come.

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