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Tobin S.

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1. I've never been very good at deciphering poetry

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 04:21 AM

Mar 2014

Has the speaker in the poem gotten betrayed by both the cruel lad and the tender lad because of her trusting heart? Or has she lost the love of the tender lad and feeling a different kind of remorse than when she was treated badly by the cruel lad?

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"The Trusting Heart" by Dorothy Parker [View all] elleng Mar 2014 OP

I've never been very good at deciphering poetry Tobin S. Mar 2014 #1

Might be a bit of sarcasm, Tobin, elleng Mar 2014 #2

See, I'm clueless when it comes to that stuff. I usually get it wrong. Tobin S. Mar 2014 #3

Gotcha. elleng Mar 2014 #4