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The Grey Blur
30th September 2006, 21:02
Anyone have any good samples?
The Grey Blur
1st October 2006, 00:08
Gah...
Marxist-Anarchist
1st October 2006, 00:58
I don't know if this might help, comerade.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrequited_love
The Grey Blur
1st October 2006, 01:44
:lol: You don't think Wikipedia was the first thing I tried!!!
RedAnarchist
1st October 2006, 17:00
http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com has all of Shakespeare's 150+ sonnets, and I'm sure some of them deal with unreciprocated love.
The Grey Blur
1st October 2006, 17:59
Yah, thanks guys...
Comrade J
2nd October 2006, 23:24
Try www.myspace.com and find an emo group. I can't guarantee you'll find anything good, but no doubt you will find some poetry about unrequited love. :P
Qwerty Dvorak
3rd October 2006, 00:45
Yeats, Yeats and more Yeats.

If you want more detailed advice, talk to me on MSN or reply to this or someshit
The Grey Blur
3rd October 2006, 18:08
*Decides on msn because he's been mocked enough*
Angry Young Man
4th October 2006, 15:37
Originally posted by Permanent [email protected] 30 2006, 06:03 PM
Anyone have any good samples?
Of course (well, not great. More cheesy). It's all I ever bloody write about! Virtually all my songs used to be about a boy I met in Norfolk. I hate unrequited love, but it's a good (if a trifle repetitive) topic for songs. I'll post when I get my book.

And although she isn't much about unrequited love, she is still pretty blue; does anyone like Sylvia Plath?
Qwerty Dvorak
4th October 2006, 18:37
Originally posted by [email protected] 4 2006, 12:38 PM
And although she isn't much about unrequited love, she is still pretty blue; does anyone like Sylvia Plath?
Lol that is so funny you should say that, I was talking to Permanent Revolution on MSN last night and looking for poetry on unrequited love, and I ended up linking him to Elm by Plath because even though it's not about unrequited love, it's one of my favourite poems :lol:

However, one poem I have admired for a long time that is about unrequited love is Andrew Marvell's Definition of Love (http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/marvell/definition.htm). I really like the metaphysical poets, and although they can sometimes be a tad religious (for example, Donne and his Divine Meditations) I think this just adds to the effect of certain conceits and paradoxes.
Angry Young Man
5th October 2006, 14:30
Gah! The other week I bought Ariel and had to return it cos I was (am) skint! curses!
BreadBros
5th October 2006, 18:16
Originally posted by [email protected] 4 2006, 12:38 PM

And although she isn't much about unrequited love, she is still pretty blue; does anyone like Sylvia Plath?
'The Bell Jar' is one of my favorite books...