How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #4
I brought a heart into the room,
But from the room I carried none with me.
If it had gone to thee, I know
Mine would have taught thine heart to show
More pity unto me; but Love, alas!
At one first blow did shiver it as glass. (19-24)
A typical way to describe being in love is to say, "You captured my heart." But that's not the case in this instance. If his heart had been captured, the speaker reasons, it would have taught its captor to treat it more gently. Instead, love got a hold of his heart and busted it like a cheap glass snow globe. Love is no benevolent captor here. It's a violent, destructive force.
Quote #5
And now, as broken glasses show
A hundred lesser faces, so
My rags of heart can like, wish, and adore,
But after one such love, can love no more. (29-32)
The speaker claims that he's been irrevocably changed by having his heart broken; he'll never love again. This may seem a tad melodramatic for those of us who haven't recently gone through heartache, but losing love can make you feel like this. Sure, you might learn to like, even adore, again, but love? That's out of the question—for our speaker in this moment, anyway.