Our love now

... Our love now is a modern poem written by Martyn Lowery. The poem is a argument between two lovers. It is written in alternative statements, giving the mans point of view first and the woman's second. The man in the relationship believes that whatever that has happened can be mended or it will fade, but the woman thinks that it has ruined their whole relationship and cannot be swayed. The poem shows different attitudes towards something that has happened between two partners. They disagree about the effect of something that has damaged their relationship. In the first stanza he compares the rift in their relationship to an injury. The use of the noun implies that something painful has occurred. The use of alliteration `skin slowly', give the impression that they will need time and patience. On the opposite side of the page we have the woman's honest and practical viewpoint. She believes that the relationship

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