The wife changed in order to be the person the husband wanted her to be, only to lose his love. Line one in the poem read " She rose to his requirement"; meaning that she may not have been as proper or as sophisticated as he may have liked, but did so for him. She stopped all the things she had going in her own life to take on the responsibilities of an honorable wife. The poem mentioned she dropped all the "playthings" giving me the impression the she was much younger than he was. If in fact there was a big age difference this may be a factor in the lost romance.

As time went on she remained an honorable wife even though " her new day" had worn off and they were no longer newly weds. I think what the author is getting at with the " new day" is that things are starting to change a little bit. As with many marriages, things are so plea

they may not like about each other. I think this is what has happen with this couple. I believe her feelings are still there but his has changed.

sant in the beginning but over time the road starts to get a little rocky. People start to really get to know one another after being married for a few months, and may find things

In conclusion, Emily's focus in this poem is how the wife dedicated her life and love to this man and he no longer shares those same feelings with her. The woman stopped what was going on in her own life and changed her own ways to live up to this mans expectations and for what? To remain hopelessly dedicated to a husband who knowingly no longer has the feelings for her that he once had. This poem is a reflection of many marriages around the world where either the man or the woman has lost the feelings for the other and hides it. Some couples do this today for the sake of their kids and some may do it just because they can't break down and tell the other. I'm unsure what the reasons were in this particular poem but there was probably something that inspired Emily to write this. Emily may have known someone in

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