Lonely Hearts
Wendy Cope
In Lonely Hearts, Cope uses the literary technique of mood to convey her message. The mood of this poem was impatient with the repetition of the line "Do you live in North London? Is it you?" at the end of each stanza. The mood created by the writer is somewhat humorous though. The narrator is clearly trying to diversify herself in order to appeal to anyone who may be her soul mate. However, her personality characteristics are subject to change depending on who she is communicating with. The narrator is willing to go through a number of drastic personality changes in order for someone to love her. The way in which Cope goes about showing the multiple personality characteristics contributes to the somewhat humorous mood of the poem. For example, she says in line four that she is "gay vegetarian whose friends are few"(Cope, 973). However, she contradicts herself by saying that she is "perhaps bisexual..."(Cope, 973) in line eight. Her capricious views will not allow her to find someone who is truly compatible. This message is conveyed through Cope's humorous mood of her poem.
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