Central Heating Versions of Reality Quotes

Now we can see that the speaker's doubts are ruining things for him. Here's a woman, whom we can assume from the rest of the poem that our speaker is in love with, and he sees her face. Yet because he's unsure about the reality of the world, he can't believe in her. And it's hard to love someone you can hardly believe in. There is, however, another view to take in this line. It's possible that the speaker's faith in his lover and the reality of the world has been shaken by the intensity of his passion for her. It's not possible, perhaps, for such passion to exist in the version of reality held by most people in the world.

This line is a great example of a Surrealist version of reality. Sure, our speaker probably doesn't think that this is literally possible, but a big part of Surrealism is using imagery that stretches the realms of the real, of the possible. When crazy, wild things can become real in words and dreams, the reality of what we see everyday fades a little.