This poem is all about love; trying to explain what it is, how we think of it and all the different kinds, "You can rub it all over your body, and you can cook with it too.". The purpose of writing this poem was to express and explain all of these, especially what love really is, in comparison to the stereotype.

The emotion of the poem is love, and the poem is happy, but towards the end it becomes more painful and upsetting, as the persona says, "A finger grip on a cliffside, you can hold on or let go."

The poem contains alot of descriptive language and word choice so as to reinforce the emotion. There is repetition of the words "love" and "O again" and personal pronouns such as "I" and "us" are used.

The poem is free verse, and there is no rhyming. It also contains enjambment and flows nicely. The poem is made up of two stanzas.

All of these as a whole make the poem a touching poem about love, with an appropriate flow and length, and create the images and understandings that are in your head as you read the poem.

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