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Have you ever been caught in the tangle of unrequited affection, where your heart beats a solo drum? You’re not alone. Unrequited love, the kind that stings but also inspires, has been a muse for poets across ages.<\/span><\/p>\n

Whether you’re looking for the best unrequited love poems or just want to explore the vast realm of poems about secret love, we’ve got you covered. In this article, we’ve gathered genuine and heart-wrenching famous unrequited love poems to soothe your soul.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let’s dive into these inked confessions and find solace in shared sentiment.<\/span>
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<\/span>What is unrequited love?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

Unrequited love is when you harbor deep romantic emotions for someone who doesn’t share those sentiments. It’s like a one-sided experience, often leaving you with a heavy heart, pain, grief, sadness, and even embarrassment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Highlight=<\/b> A <\/span>study<\/span><\/a> indicates that it’s loving someone who doesn’t return the favor, causing a yearning for more complete love. It’s a one-way street, often paved with hope and heartache. Detecting unrequited love isn’t always a walk in the park; it can be tangled with mixed signals and emotional chaos.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>17 memorable unrequited love poems<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

So, you’re here for some unrequited love poems, right? Well, you’ve hit the jackpot. We’ve got some heart-tuggers lined up for you. These aren’t your average lovey-dovey poems; these are raw and real.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. ‘You say you love’ by John Keats<\/b><\/h3>\n

“You say you love; but with a voice<\/span><\/p>\n

Chaster than a nun’s, who singeth<\/span><\/p>\n

The soft Vespers to herself<\/span><\/p>\n

While the chime-bell ringeth –<\/span><\/p>\n

O love me truly!…”<\/span><\/p>\n

2. ‘Mariana’ by Lord Alfred Tennyson<\/b><\/h3>\n

“With blackest moss the flower-plots<\/span><\/p>\n

Were thickly crusted, one and all:<\/span><\/p>\n

The rusted nails fell from the knots<\/span><\/p>\n

That held the pear to the gable-wall.<\/span><\/p>\n

The broken sheds look’d sad and strange:<\/span><\/p>\n

Unlifted was the clinking latch;<\/span><\/p>\n

Weeded and worn the ancient thatch<\/span><\/p>\n

Upon the lonely moated grange…”<\/span><\/p>\n

3. ‘When you are old’ by W.B. Yeats<\/b><\/h3>\n

“And bending down beside the glowing bars,<\/span><\/p>\n

Murmur, a little sadly, how love fled<\/span><\/p>\n

And paced upon the mountains overhead<\/span><\/p>\n

And hid his face amid a crowd of stars…”<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Teenager<\/p>\n

4. ‘Because I liked you better’ by A. E. Housman<\/b><\/h3>\n

“Because I liked you better<\/span><\/p>\n

Than suits a man to say,<\/span><\/p>\n

It irked you, and I promised<\/span><\/p>\n

To throw the thought away.<\/span><\/p>\n

To put the world between us<\/span><\/p>\n

We parted, stiff and dry;<\/span><\/p>\n

‘Good-bye,’ said you, ‘forget me.’<\/span><\/p>\n

‘I will, no fear’, said I…”<\/span><\/p>\n

5. ‘Warming her pearls’ by Carol Ann Duffy<\/b><\/h3>\n

“Next to my own skin, her pearls. My mistress<\/span><\/p>\n

bids me wear them, warm them, until evening<\/span><\/p>\n

when I’ll brush her hair. At six, I place them<\/span><\/p>\n

round her cool, white throat. All day I think of her,…”<\/span><\/p>\n

6. ‘Appeal’ by Anne Brontë<\/b><\/h3>\n

“Oh, I am very weary,<\/span><\/p>\n

Though tears no longer flow;<\/span><\/p>\n

My eyes are tired of weeping,<\/span><\/p>\n

My heart is sick of woe;…”<\/span><\/p>\n

7. ‘The secret’ by John Clare<\/b><\/h3>\n

“I loved thee, though I told thee not,<\/span><\/p>\n

Right earlily and long,<\/span><\/p>\n

Thou wert my joy in every spot,<\/span><\/p>\n

My theme in every song…”<\/span><\/p>\n

8. ‘Pad, pad’ by Stevie Smith<\/b><\/h3>\n

“I always remember your beautiful flowers<\/span><\/p>\n

And the beautiful kimono you wore<\/span><\/p>\n

When you sat on the couch<\/span><\/p>\n

With that tigerish crouch…”<\/span><\/p>\n

9. ‘Sonnet 87’ by William Shakespeare<\/b><\/h3>\n

“Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing,<\/span><\/p>\n

And like enough thou know’st thy estimate,<\/span><\/p>\n

The charter of thy worth gives thee releasing;<\/span><\/p>\n

My bonds in thee are all determinate…”<\/span><\/p>\n

10. ‘Never give all the heart’ by W. B. Yeats<\/b><\/h3>\n

“Never give all the heart, for love<\/span><\/p>\n

Will hardly seem worth thinking of<\/span><\/p>\n

To passionate women if it seem<\/span><\/p>\n

Certain, and they never dream…”<\/span><\/p>\n

RELATED READING : <\/span>151 Cute Love Poems for Her From the Heart<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n

11. ‘I feel horrible. She doesn’t’ by Richard Brautigan<\/b><\/h3>\n

“I feel horrible. She doesn’t<\/span><\/p>\n

love me and I wander around<\/span><\/p>\n

the house like a sewing machine<\/span><\/p>\n

that’s just finished sewing<\/span><\/p>\n

a turd to a garbage can lid.”<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Young<\/p>\n

12. ‘Never seek to tell thy love’ by William Blake<\/b><\/h3>\n

“Never seek to tell thy love<\/span><\/p>\n

Love that never told can be<\/span><\/p>\n

For the gentle wind does move<\/span><\/p>\n

Silently invisibly…”<\/span><\/p>\n

13. ‘I am not yours’ by Sarah Teasdale<\/b><\/h3>\n

“Yet I am I, who long to be<\/span><\/p>\n

Lost as a light is lost in light.<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh plunge me deep in love — put out<\/span><\/p>\n

My senses, leave me deaf and blind,…”<\/span><\/p>\n

14. ‘If you should go’ by Countee Cullen<\/b><\/h3>\n

“Love, leave me like the light,<\/span><\/p>\n

The gently passing day;<\/span><\/p>\n

We would not know, but for the night,<\/span><\/p>\n

When it has slipped away…”<\/span><\/p>\n

15. ‘Solitary Vice’ by Valerie Wetlaufer<\/b><\/h3>\n

“I loved a girl<\/span><\/p>\n

when I was a girl,<\/span><\/p>\n

before I knew desire<\/span><\/p>\n

could be used against me.<\/span><\/p>\n

I so wanted to be relevant.<\/span><\/p>\n

Simple exchange—<\/span><\/p>\n

bouquets of wheat.<\/span><\/p>\n

My dirt-stained hands,…”<\/span><\/p>\n

16. ‘Sometimes with one I love’ by Walt Whitman<\/b><\/h3>\n

“Sometimes with one I love I fill myself with rage for fear I effuse unreturn’d love,<\/span><\/p>\n

But now I think there is no unreturn’d love, the pay is certain one way or another<\/span><\/p>\n

(I loved a certain person ardently and my love was not return’d,<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet out of that I have written these songs).”<\/span><\/p>\n

Finding lasting love means finding someone who makes you happy long-term. In this talk, relationship expert Bela Gandhi explains that true love is found by prioritizing traits that lead to lasting happiness rather than instinctual desires.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n