The Telephone

1.) The characters are in two different places physically, and mentally. They seem to share distant love, or that is what the first character thinks, in order to get to her he must become vulnerable, and put himself out there when she calls for him. He can see their love from a distance, the flower on both ends is what connects them. And she defends their love when she shews the bee away from the flower signifying that nothing can break them.

2.) The telephone signifies the distance between the two characters, they are not together, they do not have the human interaction that is so important to love. Instead they are left guessing to whether or not their love is as strong as each character thinks. Telephones only display voice, what the characters hear is their only knowledge of what they feel. And sometimes telephones lose connection, words get misinterpreted, meaning the first speaker didn't know whether or not his love was asking for him personally or if someone else was asking for him. But he went either way.

3.) The first speaker is unsure about his/her loves feeling towards him. He is trying to prove that she/he loves him by having her repeat what she had once state. He is vulnerable, and in love which causes him to be nervous, and needy. He does not know whether or not it was his love that wanted him/her to come to her/him. But he puts himself out their, in order to defend their love.

4.) The second speaker, although once on love seems to be portrayed as hesitant. Or at least that is what the first speaker thinks in the beginning the second speaker defends their bond, which is their flower that bonds them, by getting rid of the bee that trys to destroy the flower, it is clear that this speaker's prospective has changed based on distance.

5.) The poem signifies distant love, and how being apart from the one that you love for a long period of time can cause controversy and doubts. The first speaker still holds the loves and watches it from afar, but the second speaker seems to be hesitant towards it. The lovers lack human interaction, and when that happens it forces people to think about the situation they are in and almost always leads to heartbreak. The only true way to find out if the love is still strong is to finally come together, which is why the second speaker calls for the first speaker. In order to finally see whether or not their love can still last, or if their own doubts, and thoughts have gotten the best of them.