These two poems have many similarities and differences throughout them. The speaker in “When We Two Parted” is a man who was tossed aside by a woman who is known for playing with men’s hearts. The speaker in “What Lips My Lips Have Kissed” is a woman who has had lover after lover, but not a single one of them has had meaning enough to even be remembered. By comparing these two poems we get both sides of the equation. We feel the pain of the man who was easily thrown aside just as the men before him had been treated. We also feel the loneliness of a woman who cann
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