"Can someone make my simple wish come true?
Do you live in North London? Is it you?"
This poem is an example of a villanelle. It has five tercets and a concluding quatrain. The two lines above are repeated throughout the poem. Each tercet represents a different personal ad, in which people solicit companionship from others. This form of villanelle is appropriate for the subject matter because it breaks each person's ad up into different sections.
I thought this poem was a little weird. Do people really put ads in the paper looking for a companion? That is a strange way to meet people. Why would anyone ever want to publish an ad saying they are single and looking for a companion? I just don't understand it.
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