For the Love of My Life ~Anonymous Poem Analysis

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Poem analysis
"For the Love of My Life" ~ Anonymous

“For the Love of My Life” depicts the life of a recently widowed man or woman. The poet began by showing us a sense of loss the man/woman was feeling by saying “...And now when I think of you all I do is cry." The poet continues the poem by giving us an insight of what their life was like by mentioning “...The things you taught me the world will never know," and “...You taught me strength, you taught me courage. You taught me love and gave me knowledge."

This poem is that of a rhyming poem, with end rhymes only. The poem contains twelve fairly long lines with an end rhyme scheme pattern of AABB. The poem is built in three stanzas with each containing four lines. The line “...You left a message on my heart” stands out to me for you can’t really leave a message on a human heart, but I’m curious if it is a specific form of a poetic figure, or if it was just some creative writing. The mood of the first and second stanzas seems to be that of a sad feeling, one that is possibly depressed with a sense of loss. We can tell this for the poem says things like "And now when I think of you all I do is cry."

But as the third paragraph goes on, it begins to switch to a happier note, for even though the poet’s loved one has passed, he/she made him/her smile even through the hardest of times and he/she realized he/she is going to a better and happier place.

The poem doesn’t seem to have huge complicated phrases, so I believe I have a pretty good grasp on the poem at hand. I believe the poem describes a woman and a man who had to part for natural causes. And although they probably knew the time was coming, the precise time and hour was unpredictable. So because of that lack of knowledge, one mate passed away before the other could say goodbye. From there I believe the widowed husband/wife tells us how much he/she meant to him/her. He/she tells us what their life together was like. He/she then says things along the lines of even though you hurt me, and I you at times in our life, I love you. Always did, always have, and always will.

Poetic language is not a great factor, but there are a few lines inserted in. "You left a message on my heart" as an idiom as well as "You helped me turn my life around." There aren't any similes or metaphors, nor are there any personifications.

I believe the poet was trying to get his/her readers to understand that couples fight, and we eventually do die. But when we go, we need to know that there were no loose ends, no regrets. I believe that he/she succeeded very well in achieving this idea.