Reading Response: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

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Reading Response-On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
The poet is a homosexual boy in love, lamenting and reflecting on a relationship that seemingly never ended well. He talks of the memories of lovemaking and being in love with the lover. The title ‘On Earth we are briefly gorgeous’, shades some light on the message in the poem, the juxtaposition in this description talks about the change from having a perfect affair to breaking up.
The second stanza depicts the theme of sexuality where the author describes Love making to his lover. Love and conflict are dominant themes in the piece; He describes his parent's violent affair and wishes that his lover could stay with him. There is evidence of memory as a theme; the writer describes h...