If I should sing
All of my songs for you
And you would not listen to them,
If I should build
All of my dream houses for you
And you would never live in them,
If I should give
All of my hopes to you
And you would laugh and say: I do not care,
Still I would give you my love
Which is more than my songs,
More than any houses of dreams,
Or dreams of houses —
I would still give you my love
Though you never looked at me
This poem is clearly about unrequited love from the point of view of the rejected lover. An example of this in the Greek tragedies is the story of Echo and Narcissus which you can read about by clicking the link below:
(http://myths.e2bn.org/mythsandlegends/userstory948-story-of-echo-and-narcissus.html)
Another example in classic fiction is Heathcliff and Isabella in Wuthering Heights which is one of my favorite stories depicting the complexities of LOVE.
QUESTION(S):
What are your thoughts about this poem?
