But I've got a blank space, babyAnd I'll write your name
she can add this man to her list of lovers
But I've got a blank space, babyAnd I'll write your name
she can add this man to her list of lovers
Got a long list of ex-lovers
this is the rumor that this person could've heard about her
So it's gonna be foreverOr it's gonna go down in flames
their relationship could end well or it could end bad.
So hey, let's be friendsI'm dying to see how this one ends
want to enter a relationship
New money, suit and tieI can read you like a magazine
assuming that this person is wealthy
Saw you there and I thought"Oh, my God, look at that faceYou look like my next mistakeLove's a game, wanna play?" Ay
finds this person attractive
Nice to meet you, where you been?I could show you incredible things
just met each other already trying to impress them
Nice to meet you, where you been?
meeting someone for the first time
Blank Space
possibly portraying emptiness or loneliness
Oh, you got that James Dean daydream look in your eyeAnd I got that red lip classic thing that you likeAnd when we go crashing down (now we go), we come back every time'Cause we never go out of style, we never go out of style
repetition
Take me homeJust take me homeYeah, just take me home
the speaker just wants to return home after she finds out he had been cheating on her
'Cause you got that James Dean daydream look in your eyeAnd I got that red lip classic thing that you likeAnd when we go crashing down, we come back every time'Cause we never go out of style, we never go out of styleYou got that long hair, slicked back, white T-shirtAnd I got that good girl faith and a tight little skirt (a tight little skirt)And when we go crashing down, we come back every time'Cause we never go out of style (we never go), we never go out of style
repetition
He says, "What you heard is true, but ICan't stop thinkin' 'bout you and I"I said, "I've been there too a few times"
although he is cheating on the author, he makes it seem like she was fine with it, that i why he keeps going back to her
That you've been out and about with some other girl, some other girl"
he was playing her
He can't keep his wild eyes on the road, mm
recklessness
And when we go crashing down, we come back every time
shows that their relationship is often rough and maybe even toxic
You got that long hair, slicked back, white T-shirtAnd I got that good girl faith and a tight little skirt
repetition of how each of them look, possibly putting forth the idea that they are good together
And I got that red lip classic thing that you like
she got dressed up in the way that he think she looks best
You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye
comparing him to an old actor
Could end in burning flames or paradise
good or bad
MidnightYou come and pick me up, no headlights
dark time of night, with no light, possibly shows someone sneaking out
And to whom I was like to give offense.
the author was afraid he would offend someone with the construction of the wall
Good fences make good neighbors.’
some separation is needed between neighbors so it doesn't seem like they are invading each others privacy
And set the wall between us once again. We keep the wall between us as we go.
walking with each other on different sides of the wall
That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun
the sun allows for the frozen ground to spill up
that doesn't love a wall,
blockage
Mending Wall
something needs healing
It’s evident the art of losing’s not too hard to master though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.
repetition
Even losing you
refers to the loss of her parents.
but it wasn’t a disaster.
repetition to show losing something doesn't often create problems.
I lost two cities, lovely ones.
the author has lived in two different cities, and although she has left those cities, she still recalls how much she loved them.
I lost my mother’s watch. And look! my last, or next-to-last, of three loved houses went.
the author has moved three times, leaving those house behind, but not it's memories.
The art of losing isn’t hard to master.
repetition to emphasize that losing something happens to everyone very easily
None of these will bring disaster.
the loss of all of these things doesn't seems to create any problems
The art of losing isn’t hard to master.
losing can come natural for some people
Accept the fluster of lost door keys, the hour badly spent
people must be able to accept the fact that they lost something
Lose something every day
something is lost everyday
so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
everything seems to want to be lost
The art of losing isn’t hard to master;
losing is something that is inevitable
One Art
the author enjoyed art
fearing the chronic angers of that house,
chronic means over a long period of time, so the author could be referring to previous abuse or trauma
austere
severe or strict in manner
driven out the cold
warmth has now entered the house
Speaking indifferently
speaking to his father with little to no concern
slowly
rest days are often slowed and relaxed
breaking.
the cold breaks through the house into their body
I’d wake and hear the cold splintering, breaking.
emphasis on how cold the winters can get
No one ever thanked him.
feels unappreciated
cracked hands that ached from labor in the weekday
the rest day is well needed for his father, as he works a very laborious job
Sundays too my father got up early
sunday is the day of rest
Those Winter Sundays
the story is actually about a Sunday during the winter
and filling the lanes in tandem, moving together as brothers passing the ball
tandem is when two people work together to do something, and comparing the forwards to brothers emphasizes how well they work together
both forwards racing down the court the way that forwards should, fanning out
the forwards have a job to fulfill
in slow motion, almost exactly like a coach’s drawing on the blackboard,
"in slow motion" shows the tensity of the game
who looks stunned and nailed to the floor in the wrong direction, trying to catch sight
the defender fell, leaving him surprised as to how this event occured
an underhand pass toward the other guard scissoring past a flat-footed defender
the word scissoring shows the cut made by another player looking for a pass
and spinning around to throw a strike to the outlet who is already shoveling
references another sport (baseball), with the mention of a strike, which shows the speed and precision of the pass to the outlet (another player)
perfectly, gathering the orange leather from the air like a cherished possession
the center grabbed the ball like it was something he valued deeply
A hook shot kisses the rim and hangs there, helplessly, but doesn’t drop
the word helplessly shows that while the shot is falling, the ball seems to be lonely in the air
and for once our gangly starting center boxes out his man and times his jump
this doesn't happen often