When We Two Parted Love Quotes

This is no ordinary goodbye. There is definitely a lot of love here, otherwise they wouldn't be broken-hearted. Right? The exact nature of this love isn't clear. Is it romantic love? Filial love? Platonic love? Who knows?

Well this is what the death of love looks like. A woman who used to be so "warm" is now "cold" and gives the speaker an even "colder" kiss. Sounds she's just going through the motions at this point. Poor fella.

"Vows" make us think of marriage—the ultimate sign of love between two people. As in the poem's first stanza, we are given here an image of love's destruction: a broken promise or relationship.