"The Garden of Love"

What is important about this poem is that the Garden of Love is reminder to remember our loved ones that have passed on.  In the first stanza it says “A chapel was built in the midst, Where I used to play on the green. … An I saw it was filled with graves, And tomb-stones where flowers should be;” This poem is reminding readers to remember their dead ones, and that their dead ones are loved ones. It is saying don’t just abandon or forget them. Their tomb-stones should have flowers every once in a while to show that they have not been forgotten. The poem then goes on to say, “And binding with briars my joys & desires.” This line shows that there are things left behind when a loved one dies. Deceased love ones, in this line, are our memories. It is that when we remember them, our thoughts are full of joy and happiness to be with them. It is that the memories about deceased loved ones are joyful, remembering how much fun we have. However, they are also full of desires. The desire to have more time with them, to ask them questions that only they can answer. This whole poem is important because it reminds the reader to think of their loved ones and remember them. It is reminding the reader that a graveyard is a “Garden of Love” because everyone there is a loved one for someone else. It is reminding the reader to respect how their deceased ones and to not forget them.