Interpretation of ‘Never Seek to Tell Thy Love’.

05Mar07

My interpretation of William Blake’s ‘Never Seek to Tell Thy Love’, is: that the male character of the poem has expressed his love for a female friend or companion and poured his heart out to her, however the female character doesnt share the same feelings for the male character and leaves as a result of of the male expressing his love and fondness for her.

In the final paragraph of the poem; the male character is left alone, and another female approaches the male and he takes her reluctantly as a fall back from the previous female who was the love of his life. ‘He took her with a sigh’ shows that the male has lost his one love and settles for someone else.