I Cannot Buy It ’Tis Not Sold
poem 840
I Cannot Buy It ’Tis Not Sold - meaning Summary
Loss of a Singular Love
The poem presents a speaker mourning the loss of something irreplaceable—an exclusive possession or singular relationship. She recalls being so content she was careless, allowing it to slip away, and now faces solitude. She declares she would endure any journey or cost to recover it, yet confronts the painful possibility that the other party turned away knowingly. The closing lines register a wounded, rhetorical plea about intention and rejection.
Read Complete AnalysesI cannot buy it ’tis not sold There is no other in the World Mine was the only one I was so happy I forgot To shut the Door And it went out And I am all alone If I could find it Anywhere I would not mind the journey there Though it took all my store But just to look it in the Eye Did’st thou? Thou did’st not mean, to say, Then, turn my Face away.
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