tHe LooK.....

The Look

Strephon kissed me in the spring,
Robin in the fall,
But Colin only looked at me
And never kissed at all.

Strephon's kiss was lost in jest,
Robin's lost in play,
But the kiss in Colin's eyes
Haunts me night and day.

-- Sara Teasdale

The poem tells us about the a situation wherein the author is involved on being loved by three different persons. She had shared her precious and loving moments with Robin in the season of fall, where tree leaves are dry and withered. She has showed Robin her true affection during the fall season. And as the withered trees turned into green, lively fresh leaves, she indeed shared another part of her love life with Stephon. Yes, she shared love again with another guy, Stephon. She damned her whole heart again with Stephon in the spring.

Again as her heart shifted for the last time, her earnest love didn't earn her a kiss, but one devilish mysterious look. She never showed wonder about the look brought by Colin, rather thought of the kisses she had with her two previous lovers. The kiss of Stephon was lost in a jiffy, Robin's disappeared in just a blink. But the look of Colin never disappeared even for an instant. This illustrates that one small, faint look of Colin had vanished all the memories contained with the kisses of Stephon and Robin. Indeed, all this time, the look of Colin has one big impact on the author.

For me, the poem is short but heavy. Heavy in the sense that the contrast of both the kiss and the look is an impoverished argument or a dainty situation to think about. The author is a great writer, in fact, she deserves to earn praise for such great poetry. All the words in this poem brought great impact for lovers who do not content themselves with a lone loved one. One mysterious look haunts you much longer than the time you've spent cherishing all your kisses.