TO THE MAN I MARRIED

by Angela Manalang Gloria

I cannot love you with a love

        That outcompares the boundless sea,

For that were false, as no such love

        And no such ocean can ever be.

But I can love you with a love

        as finite as the wave that dies

And dying, holds from the crest to crest

        The blue of everlasting skies.

Summary:

      For me the summary of this poem is that the wife was telling that she cannot love his husband like the boundless sea, she was telling that her love is not a forever love/ forever feelings to his husband like a endless /boundless sea.

Lines:

"I cannot love you with a love

        That outcompares the boundless sea. "

- it means she cannot love his husband like the boundless sea, she was telling that her love is not a forever love/ forever feelings to his husband like a endless /boundless sea.

"For that were false, as no such love

        And no such ocean can ever be."

-For me, it means that their false are no such love and no such ocean can ever be.

"But I can love you with a love

        as finite as the wave that dies"

-For me, it means that she can love him but its is only finite like the waves when it dies. her love is not infinite.

"And dying, holds from the crest to crest

        The blue of everlasting skies. "

-For me, until they dye they still hold each other and the blue of everlasting skies will appear.

Figurative Speech:

"as finite as the wave that dies" 

- it is simile because it uses "as" .

-For me, the figurative speech uses in this poem are simile and metaphor. 

Symbol:

For me, the symbol in this poem is LOVE. :)

My own opinion:

    My own opinion in this poem is that the girl/wife is slightly true because every feelings of a person can change anytime but not all the time the feelings can change. But you should  make sure that you really love that person. :) 

Theme:

     Sometimes feelings can be change but if you make an decision you should make sure your feelings, your LOVE can't  be easily be faded.

  

 "Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. -Oscar Wilde "