The Look

Strephon kissed me in the spring,

Robin in the fall,

But Colin only looked at meAnd never kissed at all.

Strephon's kiss was lost in jest,

Robin's lost in play,

But the kiss in Colin's eyes

Haunts me night and day.

-- Sara Teasdale

The first time I read this poem, all I can understand are kisses and gazes. I did not understand the poem right away. But as I read through the lines and examine it, I came up with my own interpretation of the poem. The speaker in this poem talks about three boys. The first boys kissed her in the spring and his kiss was lost in jest. The second boy kissed her in the fall but his kiss was lost in play. The third one just looked at her but this look keeps on haunting her day and night. How amazing that look was! It beat the kisses of those two boys.
My interpretation in this poem is about true love. Those kisses were like love and that look from Colin's eyes also speaks about love. The difference between those two is that, Colin's look at her eyes was true love. Those kisses were gone but Colin's kiss in her eyes was never erased in her mind. This tells us that love which are not from the heart will never stay in our heart and in our mind forever, while true love will stay forever until the last breath your exhale in your life. Maybe I am just too young to say this and too unexperienced for this thing, but from the scenarios that I have witness in my life, I can see that what I am talking right now is true.
If love is a game, then true love is the only game that will never end. No matter how many times you fail, the game will never be over.