Question

ROBERT GRAVES (1895-1985)
Symptoms of Love
Love is universal migraine,
A bright stain on the vision
Blotting out reason.
Symptoms of true love
Are leanness, jealousy,
Laggard dawns;
Are omens and nightmares -
Listening for a knock,
Waiting for a sign:
For a touch of her fingers
In a darkened room,
For a searching look
Take courage, lover!
Could you endure such pain
At any hand but hers?
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Answer 1

In his poem "Symptoms of Love," Robert Graves conveys the multifaceted and often painful nature of love, likening it to a "universal migraine" that obscures reason (Graves, 1985).