The last simile in this poem is a powerful one as bushfires are extremely destructive yet it could have somewhat of a positive spin on it as after forest fires burn they reset the local ecosystems an increase biodiversity. So he could be saying that mankind needed this "fire" in order for us to learn to do better in the future.

Now the fire is right on him meaning he could be describing the enemy now, as it rises to his nostrils as if it is right under him.

Now he is back to the burning alliteration and this event or object is now burning things that bring happiness to people like a field of poppies, and sadly for some vodka brings them happiness, as it probably did to the soldieries of the war.

Though he now describes the object or event as silent, but its a dangerous silence, like a tiger stalking in the night, though the rainbow shows the perception of this event or object by others.

All of these similes and analogies of fire could be talking about the war itself since it was such a hellish place for a man to be, as it could all just be described as fire.

This object is burning out of control and it seems to be never ending.

Now it seems to have shifted to an event or object that they are referring to as "she" instead of an actual girl. This could be the flamethrowers that caused mass destruction and fires used in the Vietnam war.

Now she is described as a huge fire spreading fast through a valley.

This simile means the memory of her hurts for short intervals at a time but hurts/ "burns" immensely in that short period.

The cause of this sadness if due to a girl that he has lost.

He is a sad or distressed man that is just now cresting a figurative hill of sorts.

Does he mean literally disappearing or more in a figuratively way, why??

And no matter what happens between them the perfect idea of what their relationship could be draws them back to one another time after time.

She just wants to go to her house and try to figure this whole thing out as she is tired of this loop that she can't break.

Repeating the main point of the song to draw emphasis.

They are attracted to the idea of each other but not the real people both of them are, which is why they never work out but then they think of that false idea of what they were and they go back to one another.

Though she doesn't see that this is a trap and she admits that she has done the same thing before.

He confirms these accusations as true, but says she means the most which is a lie to keep her with him when it is convenient.

She confronts him about being with other girls and sleeping around.

Describing his eyes as wild, showing his character and the type of person he is, as he gets distracted by beauty and looks, and doesn't care for what's on the inside.

And she has what he wants.

Again he has what she wants.

They never stop having what each other want yet their personalities clash so they can never stay together long. She then repeats it to add emphasis.

Yet they can never make it work, though since they have what each other wants they forget the bad things and go back to one another every time.

She also has what he wants which is her beauty.

He has what she wants which is looks and that edge of a "bad boy."

She has made these same mistakes many times before and will continue to make them in the future.

Since this is a story of star crossed lovers she knows it will end soon and end bad.

She knows that this won't end well but she keeps hanging on to it, though she knows she shouldn't.

It seems that they are drifting apart, possibly caused by their secretive relationship.

She is starting to see something either in him or in herself but she isn't quite sure what it is yet.

The long drive symbolizes their relationship, and she is saying once again that there are only too possible outcomes of this relationship and both are polar opposites and very extreme.

This meeting of there's is a secret and they are hiding it from someone.

This repetition of "in the" adds to the mood of life with "in the" prison as it is very repetitive just how the day to day life in a prison is.

Showing that she has been and will be in prison for a long time, as there will be many many more mornings like this one.

In the worst of all darkness, probably taking about a jail cell that has no windows.

By gathering strength and growing stronger you are able to heal yourself and enhance your life. She is saying this as if to help others who might go through what she is.

She is still relying on this person which could be God, to give her help when she can no longer help herself.

She is trying to be over and bigger than those people and events that just want to crumble you down to nothing,

By doing so you also get less blow in return.

She now can hold back the blows she wants to.

Meaning that she is starting to grow in her successfulness of alluding these hard times.

She is saying when she is down and has done all she can she calls for this person,(possibly God)

Meaning when her life is dry and barren to where it feels meaningless, since she repeats it for emphasis this must be quite severe.

She refers to a particular silence, which could be talking about her life of exclusion, as this is a silence she hates.

Describing her life as cold and lifeless, as she feels numb to it all as would someone with paralysis.

Again talking about this darkness in her life.

Revealing very early that she is in a dark and hard place in her life, yet she looks to this person for relief.

Is this in a literal sense of writing to a loved one in prison or is it more figurative.

Going back to the title and her only request, that he says he will remember her with warm and happy memories.

This could mean that a lot of the things within her prior relationships have been pretend

Repeating the same lines to add emphasis.

Saying when you leave me like it is the only possible outcome, yet these memories they made will follow him months later and he might even want her back.

The use of the word hindsight refers to him looking back on this relation ship and remember all of the crazy and fun things they did together.

She has the same request, which is just for him to remember how good they were together, which is strange since girls usually want you to promise to never leave them or don't cheat on them yet she doesn't care about any of that.

Again referring to their break up as if it has already happened, she then says again her only request.

She knows this will end soon and end badly, yet their relationship is growing and getting even better.

She also likes this idea of privacy as the boy describes in the first line. Which could allude that they are outcasts and like isolation or are already isolated.

She also wants him to tell her he will see her again to make her happy and give her hope even if he knows he will only ever see her again in his dreams.

She is saying that she just wants to be remembered as beautiful and be associated with happiness. Which shows that her other ex-boyfriends only think of her as crazy and out of control.

Though she already believes they will break up her only request is as follows.

Due to her prior experiences with men, since she likes "bad boys," they all ended the same. Which explains why she is speaking like they have already broke up when they haven't even started dating.

Revealing her taste in men as she likes "bad boys,"

In this line she reflects that she had already fallen for him yet she didn't want to since nothing lasts forever, and this breakup is going to be hard on her.

He in this situation is either her boyfriend or a new boy who wants to be her girlfriend. He is wanting to get out of the city to be in private from everyone else and be alone with this girl so he can focus on only what he wants most, which would be her.

Is she talking about a crazy dream she had, or the more likely option of she is dreaming about something crazy she wishes to happen in her future, or maybe reflecting on something of hers in the past that was dream like.

As he looks up he sees that his shot went in and he didn't let his team down.

He is now devastated that he feels like he let down his team, in the simile above.

Then the guard loses his balance and falls to the floor in a heap which conflicts with the former elegant way he was described.

Yet in the heat of the moment and the whole poem leading up to this at the climax the poem is calm and has a gentle tone.

The forward now has the ball and is on the breakaway then he reaches the rim and jumps with the ball into the air.

The point Gard lunges out and possibly throws the ball to the wrong man or he makes the wrong move.

Describing the teammates as brothers to show their connection and their ability to act as a unit within the team.

The players were depicted by racing down the court to add to the suspension and heat of the moment.

Everything in this play is so perfect it is described like the drawing the coach did on the white board, in this simile.

Describing the defender from the opposing team as he watches the play develop in front of him, without taking action.

The opposing team is described as if they are getting dominated in this game.

This is where the poem is really building in plot as it intensifies.

Using this fast pace of language to make the reader feel more engulfed in the poem, and create the tension that would arise if you were in the stadium watching the game live.

These lines use imagery to make the reader feel like they are there watching this elegant game of basketball, as the center is described as holding the ball "like a cherished possession."

This conveys that the team that is being described might not be that good at basket ball, as it says "for once" as if they don't make a good play that often.

The author describes how the ball rolled around on the rim and was so close to going in, yet it didn't go in.

This line sets a calm and elegant tone for the rest of this poem about basketball.

This poem was written in memory of someone dear to the author who has passed away.

Repeating the same lines again, to ad emphasis.

Repeating this line again so now the man who she is talking to has learned all of these things about her, she is saying that she will still date him if he is still interested, with everything taken into account.

Says it twice to emphasize it. And she thinks that her love is torture yet she believes this is what boys want. She is also saying this as a warning to him that this relationship is going to be like torture.

Repeating what she said in earlier lines to emphasize that these lines are important.

She does acknowledge that they will have a lot of fun together yet when its over they will both be in pain emotionally.

Though she says he will leave and break up with her, she believes that her looks will bring him crawling back to her again.

She changes so much so fast that she thinks her partner will question if it is even the same person, which says a lot about her personality.

Then there seems to be a flip where everything is horible and she is kind of describing herself as crazy. An she seems to be kind of hungry for power in the relationship as she says "I can make all the tables turn."

Talking about how she will be a great companion for about a month, which is what some people refer to as the "honey moon period." then after about a month her true self will show.

She believes that she knows more than he does, since she thinks she will be the one showing him things.

She is saying that she has taken all of these things into account in the lines above, and has this horrible history. But she wants to be in a relationship with him right now and is willing to "write his name" in the said blank space.

Again saying that there are only two outcomes, and both are very extreme.

Describing herself as reckless, so she will not take this seriously, along with making bad dissentions referring to this man.

She believes that they like the idea of each or the person they would want the other person to be, but not actually liking each other for who they are.

She has dated many men in the past and almost all of them have ended badly.

Still referring to it as if they already broke up when they haven't even begun dating.

Listing the two possible outcomes of this relationship and both are very extreme on opposite ends of the spectrum.

This shows that the guy she is referring to maybe isn't a very good person either, and she has the false sense that she can change him.

Already thinking about the relationship's ending before it even started.

Meaning that she has a known bad reputation throughout her town.

She is stereotyping this man solely based on his looks.

She is referring to love as a game therefor she doesn't take it seriously.

She assumes that this relationship will be a mistake, which tells us how her past relationships have gone.

In this line she is describing what it will be like being with her in a relationship. Showing that she is very moody and somewhat bi polar.

She has never met this man before yet she wishes she had earlier.

She believes she would be so good at ballet if she knew how that she would make even the Prima mad, because of how good she thinks she would be.

Yet no one "boasts" her meaning that she isn't advertised or known. She is still "full as Opera" showing that in her mind she is known.

She is repeating that she doesn't know how to preform it but "she knows the art" meaning she knows ballet on paper just not the skill.

Yet she wouldn't try that hard she still thinks she would be great at it and the people would love her.

Saying that she wouldn't try that hard and not really work at these things she is trying to achieve, though at the surface she is still talking about her ballet skills.

And she has never tried these things, in this tense she is speaking about ballet.

This alludes that she is possibly poor and doesn't have the money to be taught.

If she was taught all this things (ballet) she would show her skills and be very good at them.

^in her mind. Is where she finds happiness.

However, in her mind

She can't do certain things, since she was isolated most of her life, there for no one taught her how to "dance upon her toes"

She cannot do certain things.