"To a Friend"

The poem I'm analyzing was written by Robert Eager. To me this poem is not just written to a frien. I feel as if he is in love wit whoever he wrote this to. As it says "Your smile alone can light a room. Your touch could melt a stone. A hug from you is like a drug". To me it seems as if this girl does everything to make him love her, without knowing. Just by smiling he thinks she lights the room. Her hugs are like drugs, it's like he's addicted to being around her or to touching her. And as he goes on to talk about how important heir friendship is to him, he says something about paying a mound of gold for her friendship/ This seems like he is willing to pay a lot to assure that he doesn't lose her. "A thousand words and a thousand words more still the story would not be told". I think it's saying that no matter how he tries to explain or however long it would take for him to explain there's no way he can fully explain their friendship. "A friendship never sold". It's always going to be there, he never wants to get rid of what they have, their connection. "And so I give you in return. What you gave me. Friendship flowing form the heart. Like a river to sea". It seems as if he's saying that whatever feelings she has for him, he will also have for her. And since it's flowing from the heart I think that he loves her but is scared to tell her. The river is small, like his feelings when he first met her but now it's becoming a sea, his feelings have flourished as wide as a sea. I also feel as though this poem was written  because no matter how much he actually likes this girl he doesn't want to tell her. It's a huge risk to tell somebody you like them and have that chance that they don't feel the same way and end up losing that person all together.

I enjoyed this poem quite a bit. I think the way the author phrases his words together makes the poem that much better. It kept me wanting to read more to find out more about what else he would do for this friendship.


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