Response Journal #4

1. Sara Teasdale
2.
"I Am Not Yours"

I am not yours, not lost in you,
Not lost, although I long to be
Lost as a candle lit at noon,
Lost as a snowflake in the sea.

You love me, and I find you still
A spirit beautiful and bright,
Yet I am I, who long to be
Lost as a light is lost in light.

Oh plunge me deep in love -- put out
My senses, leave me deaf and blind,
Swept by the tempest of your love,
A taper in a rushing wind.

3. The poem is about the author (Sara Teasdale) wishing to be in love. She has an admirer who loves her, but she cannot seem to fall in love as well. She does, however, admit to thinking the person is "A spirit beautiful and bright" but she does not love the person. It is very emotional and very deep, which is obvious in the way she describes love and how it can overpower nearly everything.
4. I like this poem because of the raw emotion and passion that the reader feels after finishing it. Teasdale writes it in such a way that people can not only relate mentally, but also emotionally.