‘You Are Lost’: Full Poem Analysis Notes

‘You Are Lost’: Full Poem Analysis Notes


You Are Lost

By Isaac Mruma

To you dada.

It’s the days that matter,

for we are unable to chat

in the language we had.

 

When I look at you

and see my pay – slip

in your eyes,

I feel empty

and sapped.

 

Your glance, sister,

is to me the measure

of the heat of the dough

in my pocket.

 

Never are passions cool,

to you I am now a tool,

and all my wage is now the fare:

I ride on your throbbing kisses.

 

It is you I accuse,

because your love is lost,

and you only touch me

with the tenderness that asks

where my wallet is.

 

It is to you dada,

that my pen tears the pad,

For I only see your love

focused on my purse,

with your passions

chasing my bank account.

 

ANALYSIS OF A POEM

1. THE POET

Isaac Mruma.

2. TITLE

The title 'You Are Lost' is metaphorical and imaginative because it does not only talk about someone who is physically lost. It also talks about someone who is morally lost.

3.SUMMARY OF THE POEM

The poem talks about a man and woman who are in love relationship. The man accuses the woman that she has no love for him anymore, and she just loves the man's money and other material or luxury things. This part deals with the short synopsis of the particular poem.

SUMMARY OF EACH STANZA:

1st Stanza

Misunderstanding/conflict. The two lovers now do not understand each other like before. They do not agree on many things they used to get along.

2nd Stanza

The man is disillusioned/disappointed by the fact that he has nothing (money) to give to his love. He feels bad about this.

3rd Stanza

The man is complaining that his lover is always looking for his money, not true love. When he sees her, she is always in need of his money.

4th Stanza

The man describes how his lover has made him a tool where she get everything material things she wants. He says that his wage is now like a fare to pay for her throbbing kisses.

5th Stanza

This stanza talks about the lost love. The woman is no longer in love with the man because she only cares about the money from the man. In short, she is now in love with the money.

6th Stanza

The persona concludes the poem by complaining to his lover that his pen tears the pad (check book) for her and he says she has no love for him anymore:

For I only see your love

Focused on my purse,

With your passions

Chasing my bank account.”

4. PERSONA

(Who is speaking in the poem). The persona/speaker of this poem is a man who is betrayed, cheated, and disappointed with his love. He is undergoing a turbulent love relationship, so he is desperate.

5. ADDRESSEE

(Whom the speaker is speaking to). The addressee/audience of this poem is the person or people who are unfaithful lover or those who are unfaithful in other love relationship or marriage. The addressee is also a person, especially women or girls who always are about money, not true love.

6. TONE

The tone of the poet towards the audience and the subject matter is sad, disappointed and angry.

 

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