Response to "Wedding Ring"

The poem the Wedding Ring was surprising and was not what anyone would expect. One would think that this would be about a wedding and what the ring means behind the relationship. But it was not like that at all. The author, Denise Levertov describes this poem as a divorce and end of a relationship. It really was not dramtic at all and the woman in the poem told her story/poem to be remorseful. Some poems can be sappy and one would wan tto feel pitty for that person. But with the Wedding Ring it is based on the woman getting rid of her ring and everything that went along with her dissovled realtionship. At the end of the poem she says she still wants a friendship out of it; in a way she is trying to make the best out of it with a broken heart. It is all a person can do is to move forward with their life instead of dread on a relationship that is no longer there. The poem is beautifully written and makes a statement for other sappy love poems, which means it was simple and easy to understand.