My Darling Sara Poem Summary

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The poem “My Darling Sara” by Shane Koyczan discusses one of the author’s relationship that had a rough end. It is a relationship that had its ups and downs but the author claims he tried to fight for it. Throughout the poem, the author is asked too many times to try and he finally finishes the text by stating that he “tried”. But what did he really try? Did he try enough?
The first time the author mentions he is trying is after Sara comments he uses the word Love in his poems too simply, almost as if he didn’t mean it. In her opinion, he should just say what he means instead of describing it as Love. With that, he continues saying that “what [he] means most is that / [he is] trying”. These lines are the first that make us wonder: What is he …show more content…

He attempts to be a pen and tries to pour out his feelings when she asks him to. He attempts to be a surgeon when she states that hurt and pain are, sometimes, the results of trying —which make us believe that he is ready to heal her if he ever harmed her. He finally makes an attempt to be a man when she dies. He knows this is supposed to hurt, so he needs to let himself suffer because she was the woman he loved and men can cry. He tried for her. He tried to be better for her. He fought for her. But now that she is gone, he is trying to convince himself that whatever happened to her wasn’t his fault. No matter what, he will always try for …show more content…

Why would he have to pretend to be a pen, an emotional tool? Why would he have to pretend to be a surgeon, who is trained to not be attached to their patients? If he wanted to show her his feelings he could have opted to be a lover. If he wanted to help her, the best way would have been by staying by her side and showing her all the love he has for her. If he wanted to fight for his relationship maybe he should have shown her his real self rather than unemotional characters.
The poem starts and ends the same way. The failing of his right hand seems to be a physical problem that is keeping him from doing his work, from writing. Which may have been why he found himself at the bar where he met Sara, maybe he was trying to forget about his problems for a while. When he meets her she brings back some joy to his life. However, the fact that he no longer is able to do his job is what keeps him down. That is why she asks him to try. She wants him to try to be happier. To try to be himself again. To try to be one hundred percent in that relationship, because one alone can’t make it

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