40- Love-Roger McGonagall (1937-)

Mycoff wrote that a middle-aged couple played tennis and when they came home from the game, the net was still between them. This poem uses ingenious writing changes. The center line represents the network, symbolizing estrangement. Judging from the flat tone of the poem, the married life of middle-aged couples is like a tennis match without suspense, and the round between networks seems to have become a habit and lacks vitality. As the poem says: After the game, they go home together (the physical distance is getting closer and closer), but the net (the cataract) is still caught in the middle. The semantic pun of "falling in love at 40" can be understood as "falling in love at 40". At the same time, people familiar with tennis know that the score of love =0-40: 0 is the critical point of a game. If one side of the third set scores another point, the game will be over. This "critical state" also implies the so-called "middle-aged crisis" in which married life is facing collapse at any time. The purpose of poetry variation is to create a "prominent" effect and increase the expressive force of poetry. Through the variation of language, it left a deep impression on readers, brought readers the enjoyment of beauty, and left a broad space for daydreaming.