First stanza: Youth may only be defined by desire--not beauty nor age. The world transitions to the newest youth.
Second stanza: Everything beautiful will fade.
Third stanza: Love favors someone when things go "right." Some people are serious about it; others are just teases. Warding off love is a stupid idea because it rules everyone. Someone hears ironic metaphors, but they have truth inside them. Death is inevitable like falling in love. (The line "Sweeter than honey and bitter as gall" is an interesting simile because love is sweeter than the best thing on earth, but on the other spectrum it is not worse than the worst thing.) Love is the best feeling ever--sadness/hate, however, is not the worst feeling because they are not so different. Though youth grow old and succeeding generations may find new inventions exciting, love still wins out.
First stanza: Youth may only be defined by desire--not beauty nor age. The world transitions to the newest youth.
Second stanza: Everything beautiful will fade.
Third stanza: Love favors someone when things go "right." Some people are serious about it; others are just teases. Warding off love is a stupid idea because it rules everyone. Someone hears ironic metaphors, but they have truth inside them. Death is inevitable like falling in love. (The line "Sweeter than honey and bitter as gall" is an interesting simile because love is sweeter than the best thing on earth, but on the other spectrum it is not worse than the worst thing.) Love is the best feeling ever--sadness/hate, however, is not the worst feeling because they are not so different. Though youth grow old and succeeding generations may find new inventions exciting, love still wins out.