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Poetry captures the unmistakable pain of lost love perhaps better than any other medium. Something about the anger, betrayal, tenderness, and confusion that accompany a broken relationship caters perfectly to the ambiguity and passion of lined verse. This TabStart page features a curated collection of resources that presents poetry about divorce and lost love.
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"When We Two Parted" - a Poem by Lord Byron - Lord Byron's "When We Two Parted" opens with the gut-wrenching lines "When we two parted / In silence and tears, / Half broken-hearted / To sever for years." Anyone who had suffered a divorce or difficult break-up will relate to Byron's gorgeous verse.
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"Moving Forward" - a Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke - The poem entitled "Moving Forward," by Rainer Maria Rilke shares the hope and new life that begin to emerge after a divorce. This poem includes the beautiful line, "I can see farther into paintings."
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"People Getting Divorced" by Lawrence Ferlinghetti - This poem from the Poetry Foundation employs fascinating imagery and word play. The poet compares a shoe that has lost its mate to a divorced couple.
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"Modern Love" - a Poem by George Meredith - The Academy of American Poets notes that this 1862 poem by George Meredith fundamentally altered the tradition of the sonnet by questioning new love's purity and nature.
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"If You Forget Me" - a Poem by Pablo Neruda - Pablo Neruda's bitter and sweet "If You Forget Me" brilliantly captures a lover's thoughts after a break-up.
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Poems After a Divorce or Breakups from the Academy of American Poets - The Academy of American Poets* offers a analytic essay that discusses poetry about divorces and break-ups. This page cites work from George Meredith, Anne Sexton, W.D. Snodgrass, and Robert Lowell.
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Poetry about Lost Love - This resource offers a number of poems that deal with lost love from works by Emily Dickinson, Gerard Manley Hopkins, William Butler Yeats, and several more.