Music

Music is at the heart of the poem, mentioned twice in the title alone. However, it forms a larger extended metaphor for lost love. The speaker explores the parallels between the two: the way they can be exciting upon first discovery, before dulling until they disappear. Like love, music often has an arc with a beginning, middle, and end. The speaker looks back on both as formative experiences throughout their life.

Music

Music is at the heart of the poem, mentioned twice in the title alone. However, it forms a larger extended metaphor for lost love. The speaker explores the parallels between the two: the way they can be exciting upon first discovery, before dulling until they disappear. Like love, music often has an arc with a beginning, middle, and end. The speaker looks back on both as formative experiences throughout their life.