Tao-Sheng was a Buddhist Monk of the fifth century; therefore, it is easy to assume the poem reflects a Buddhist interpretation. While it could appeal to universal love for each other and how we are influenced, the title is "Married Love."
This poem is a tribute to the relationship between lovers or marriage. Passion attracts them to each other and escalates into an agreement to live life together. They have established internal and external egos, perceptions of themselves as individuals, and then pieces of themselves become apart of their partner.
When their characteristics begin to blend, he offers himself as clay to be molded. Offering this willingly to make their lives better, the tone is assertive like a man who was married a long time. The last two sentences clarify how they are linked together forever in the lines, "we share a single quilt;" and in death, "a single coffin." This also reasserts why she should listen.
The love in this poem is structured, like a marriage. Each sentence briefly implies a level to enlightenment from basic function to broader intellectual theory. Raw in personality, it features abrasive communication, instead of, lilting language between lovers.
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