
Syzmborska is revealing the feelings of lovers who are having doubts and concerns of loyalty in her word choice. The confusion Symborska display represents the confusion many lovers have throughout an entire relationship. The words serious and practical also demonstrate a feeling of confusion. The first word, normal, exhibits confusion in the speaker of the poem. Szybroska's discouraging feelings towards love is shown through her word choice in the questions she posed. The questions are intended to make the reader think about true love and what it really is. Szymborska starts the poem with questions about true love, asking if it is normal, serious and practical. The first stanza has four lines, which helps set up the theme for the rest of the poem. In her poem, Szymborska uses stanzas, each containing different amounts of lines and words, to help convey her opinion on true love throughout her poem. Wislawa Szymborska expresses a negative opinion towards love and lovers in her poem "True Love," by explaining what it is like for those who have not experienced true love. However, the dictionary does not explain how true love is rare, and the affects it has on others. Moore believes, however, that this doesn't mean the person you love is necessarily your life partner.A dictionary defines true love as mutual devotion between two people who show unselfish concern for the good of another (Merriam). "When you're together, it's open and safe at the same time," she says. Laurie Moore, Ph.D., says all love comes from an open heart. Hendricks, means that you reveal your true self to your partner and support your partner through thick and thin. "When you hear people say: 'Relationships are really hard work,' this is an expression of unconscious commitment," says Kathlyn Hendricks.

and Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., authors of the upcoming book Everlasting Love, say that true love occurs when you shift from unconscious commitment to conscious commitment. True love comes from the "fourth chakra" and is easily recognized as unconditional support. And when "love" comes from this place, it's about control. Northrup, this is the "second chakra" talking. Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom (Bantam, 1998) and The Wisdom of Menopause (Bantam, 2003), says "true love is when you care enough for another person to allow them the space and time they need to become all they can be."Ĭonversely, if someone says to you: "If you love me, you would.
