the worst is yet to come
things will get worse
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what you want
consider what he wants and use it
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You're the King, baby, I'm your Queen
Stereotypical relationship roles
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Stolen kisses, pretty lies
secrets and lies implying the toxicity of the relationships
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Cherry lips,
Describing her
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But I've got a blank space, babyAnd I'll write your name
she can add him to the list of supposed failed relationships
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breathlessOr with a nasty scar
two opposite outcomes again
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We'll take this way too far
what people assume or what she's learned from past relationships
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we're young and we're reckless
giving reasons why they should do it and what people expect from them
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'Cause you know
says it sarcastically
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They'll tell you I'm insane
she knows they think she was the problem
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Got a long list of ex-lovers
she's done this before and they haven't worked out
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was worth the pain
do the positives out weigh the negatives
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the high
the good parts of their relationship
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You can tell me
she isn't taking it seriously so the outcome won't be important to her
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foreverOr it's gonna go down in flames
two extremes for the outcomes of this relationship
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for a weekend
only for a short period of time
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make the bad guys good
can make people show their good sides
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Grab your passport
continuing the reckless attitude and impulsive actions like traveling
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how this one ends
"this one" implies she's had different encounters like this
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So hey, let's be friends
they have something in common so she wants to form a relationship
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know you heard about m
she's aware that there are bad things said about her
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rumors fly
People spread rumors about her and the person shes singing about
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Ain't it funny
She's speaking about it light heartily
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can read you like a magazine
she can easily understand them
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New money, suit and tie
A wealthier person
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Love's a game, wanna play
she doesn't take it seriously
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You look like my next mistake
She's already expecting it to go badly
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"Oh, my God
shocked or surprise
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Saw you there
when they met the person caught her eye
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Magic, madness, heaven, sin
opposites of the speaker and the other person
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show you incredible things
she thinks she could be something better or new
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where you been?
Why didn't they meet sooner
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Nice to meet you
the speaker is meeting someone for the first time
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Blank Space
Something empty and in need of something to fill it
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Take me homeJust take me home
Despite the problems she stills wants to be with him
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Cause you got that James Dean daydream look in your eyeAnd I got that red lip classic thing that you like
reprise of the chorus adds to the repetitive actions in their relationships
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I've been there too a few times"
She does it too
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What you heard is true, but ICan't stop thinkin' 'bout you
He's seeing other people but they might not fully label their relationship
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That you've been out and about with some other girl
hearing rumors about his other relationships
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The lights are of
still referring to the night time and secrets
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He can't keep his wild eyes on the road,
focusing on her
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good girl faith
loyalty to people
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Style
Harry Styles?
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we come back every time
on and off relationship
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when we go crashing down
their relationship crashing
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red lip classic thing
classic look for women
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James Dean
man who lived carelessly
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Watch us go 'round and 'round each time
a reoccurring thing with them
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tell you to leave
they could have stopped talking because of something bad
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I should
she knows she should be doing one thing but doesn't want to
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been a while since I have even heard from you
reconnecting with someone from her past
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burning flames or paradise
can end badly or well
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Could end
taking a chance
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You
writing for someone specifically
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no headlights
Secretive
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Midnight
a mysterious time for the song to take place, usually when hiding
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Where there are cows?
fences usually keep animals in so they don't need them
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Why
Questioning how they do things
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Spring is the mischief in me,
Hes thinking about doing things he shouldn't
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Good fences make good neighbor
the wall is necessary and he doesn't want to have to interact with the speaker
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He is all pine and I am apple orchard
bitter and sharp versus sweet
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we do not need the wall:
the speaker questions the wall and the gap it makes
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out-door game
the speaker enjoys the fence and rebuilding
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wear our fingers rough with handling them
people are suffering from rebuilding
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have to use a spell
magic implies something impossible or something they can't understand
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some are loaves and some so nearly balls
some distances are greater than others
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we meet to walk the line
walking through the gaps together
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my neighbor know beyond the hill;
Letting people in during hard times
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spring mending-tim
in the spring things usually grow back while snow melts
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seen them made or heard them made
No one sees the gaps made they just slowly appear
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please the yelping dogs
Putting someone in danger to satisfy the violent animals
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the rabbit out of hiding,
Putting something or someone in danger (the weaker one or prey)
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left not one stone on a stone,
Disrupting the earth and environment
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made repair
Fixing what the gaps or hunters do, fixing negative things
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work of hunters is another thing:
killing living things
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in the sun;
goes from frozen to the warm sun
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frozen-ground
a cold environment
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Mending Wall
The wall is being mended or the wall mends
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Even losing you
Using second person perspective
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two rivers, a continen
larger losses as the poem continues
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I lost two cities, lovely ones
represents her parents
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I lost my mother’s watch. And look! my last, or next-to-last
She does not seem bothered by the losses
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None of these will bring disaster.
They won't hurt as much because you have learned from smaller losses
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where it was you meant to travel.
Regretting not traveling or living life how you hoped
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places, and names
Memories and important things in life
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practice losing farther, losing faster:
Learning to deal with small losses can help with greater ones
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The art of losing isn’t hard to master.
repetition of this line
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lost door keys
Something simple and mundane
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Accept the fluster
Accepting the bad feelings or moments helps get past them
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Lose something every day
Delivered like advice
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their loss is no disaster.
You know it will be lost so it won't hurt as much
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the intent to be lost
Seemingly too good to be true
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art of losing
The practice of losing stuff and dealing with it properly.
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grows old in it.
Grows old- implies it is nearing its end.
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that it can live on what can not revive
The ocean is still a vibrant network of ecosystems and life
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dynamite grooves, burns, and hatchet strokes
Could be critiquing the effects humans on the ocean
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lack of cornice
a lack of stability
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marks of abuse
Abuse from humans and pollution
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slide each on the other.
The different elements all are interacting due to the harsh waves
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wedge of iron through the iron edge of the cliff;
Describing waves crashing into a cliff
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sea of bodies
A crowded space like the ocean
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submerged shafts of the sun,split like spun glass, move themselves with spotlight swiftness
alliteration
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submerged shafts of the sun,
a shaft is a part of a boat that helps keep it moving.
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cannot hide
hide from something that will eat/kill it? hide from the wave?
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which encrust the side
a sign that it has been sitting for a long time
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opening and shutting
repetitive action adds to the aimless feeling
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like aninjured fan.
adds to the subject of life, a fan cannot be injured just broken
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black jade.
a mineral that symbolizes protection and spiritual well-being
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wade
wading implies wandering, aimlessly
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wade
Not starting with a capital letter
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The
definite article adds focus
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What did I know, what did I know
"did" means past tense, could be showing regret or remorse while looking back.
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austere
Strictness
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polished my good shoes
Father works hard for them but the narrator feels like they aren't appreciative to him.
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indifferently
No relationship with the father
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angers of that house,
Either the people in the house or the bad living conditions that are "angry"?
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that house,
Referring to a house not a home. "that" could mean they no longer live in the house.
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chronic
lasting for a long period
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slowly I would rise
Slowly-tired or reluctant
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splintering, breaking.
repeating negative words
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No one ever thanked him.
Could refer to having a small paycheck despite his hard work,
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cracked hands that ached from labor
emphasizing his harsh working conditions and how much he works
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Sundays too
Sundays are usually when people are off
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