http://www.blessedwithlove.com/poem/when-the-rose-is-gone Cute, Romantic and Famous Love Poems Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:50:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.blessedwithlove.com/poem/when-the-rose-is-gone#comment-28888 Justaboy Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:07:31 +0000 #comment-28888 The last line sounded very religious to me, so that throws off my entire interpretation otherwise I would say quite simply that the poem is about how the Lover, meaning the speaker, is nothing without the Beloved and how everything else fails and fades in comparison to the Beloved because he loves his Beloved with the utmost of his heart. True Love is all-consuming. That's what I think, anyway. The last line sounded very religious to me, so that throws off my entire interpretation otherwise I would say quite simply that the poem is about how the Lover, meaning the speaker, is nothing without the Beloved and how everything else fails and fades in comparison to the Beloved because he loves his Beloved with the utmost of his heart. True Love is all-consuming. That’s what I think, anyway.

]]> http://www.blessedwithlove.com/poem/when-the-rose-is-gone#comment-28884 Anonymous Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:00:20 +0000 #comment-28884 Garnet is correct. Rumi was a Persian mystic and often spoke about his spiritual connection to the "Beloved." Regardless, it is a beautiful poem. Garnet is correct. Rumi was a Persian mystic and often spoke about his spiritual connection to the “Beloved.” Regardless, it is a beautiful poem.

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