the potential pain of a future romance, is actually drawing on the pain of a previous one. (Once bitten, twice shy, as the cliche goes.) There are not-toosubtle references to popsongs ('this old heart of mine') and to the movies (Casablanca, in the last line)--a clue that, despite the cynicism, the poem is written by a true romantic.from Carol Ann Duffy: The Daily Mirror: Poetry Corner
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