How does the poet express his feelings for his love in the poem?ORHow is love that is not reciprocated by the speaker’s beloved expressed in the poem?

How does the poet express his feelings for his love in the poem?ORHow

1.	How does the poet express his feelings for his love in the poem?ORHow is love that is not reciprocated by the speaker’s beloved expressed in the poem?
Answer» The poet asks his love, who is still young, to imagine a time when she is past her prime youth. She would then be an old woman with grey hair and sleepy eyes. When she is in such a state, he wants her to read a book of memories from her youth. As the woman sits beside the fire, nodding her head and leaves through her memories, she would recollect the ‘soft looks’ she once had and the sorrows she had suffered until then. When she recalls her faded beauty she would also recall how she was admired by many suitors who were infatuated with her physical charms. At the same time, she would also recall how there was one man who loved her unique soul which was in search of true love. She would also realize that her true love has lingered on for a while, disappeared from the earth and hid amidst a crowd of stars in heaven.