Lonely Hearts

Lonely Hearts by Wendy Cope  shows a few brief stories of people looking for love. I think it is a very clever poem in that it acts like a section of a newspaper of people looking for love. I think the title Lonely Hearts is appropriate because each of these people seems to be at a rather desperate stage for love. I find it interesting that each person is looking for an odd characteristic in their potential lover. My favorite was, "Executive in search of something new-- Perhaps bisexual woman, arty, young." I liked this one because it was the person who was bored with getting anything. The structure of the poem was interesting. The corresponding lines of each stanza rhymed. Also, the ending of each stanza alternated. One of the final lines is, "Who knows where it will lead once we've begun?" It seems like all of these people are unsure of what they truly want.