The Truth of Love Revealed in Adam's Curse"The Curse of Adam" is a poem by William Butler Yeats written in a time when his first true love, Maud Gonne, had married Major John MacBride. This may have caused Yeats much pain and Yeats may have felt as cursed as Adam felt when God punished man from the Garden of Eden. This poem, in fact, symbolizes his pain and the loss of the love he once had and is a reminder of his memories during his happiest moments with Maud. At the beginning of the poem “We sat together at the end of a summer/ That beautiful gentle woman, your dear friend/ And you and I, and we talked of poetry,” Yeats recalls a beautiful time with Maud. The poem could be linked to the language of love, and Yeats remembers falling in love with Maud. He is reflecting on the time he spent courting Maud, however, due to the curse Adam received from God, falling in love is not as easy as before. The “sew and unstitch” tells how difficult it is to form a bond and put love together. This love is then dismantled and worthless to Yeats, because he does not acquire Maud. This development of love was not easy for Yeats and neither was the loss of love. Here he is writing a poem to express the difficulty he is having in losing his first love, Maud. He expresses this in a poem and compares poetry to falling in love. This is a curse from God against all men. He wants to be told that writing poetry is as difficult as his attempt to woo Maud. It is extremely difficult to produce a beautiful poem, just as it is difficult to fall in love. Many people think that writing poetry is not hard work, as falling in love seems to be easy for some people. To make, "sweet sounds together" as in a bit...... middle of paper ......he may have done something wrong in his relationship with Maud, and he too is being punished as Adam was in the bible . This poem is a beautiful reminder of love and how difficult it is to achieve in our world. Yeats does not seem angry at losing Maud, yet he feels God's curse on men. He seems unsure if true love really exists and thinks he's come as close as he can to finding it. Maud was unable to give Yeats the love he desired in return, which is why Yeats felt the need to express himself through this poem. Perhaps this poem was the beginning of a healing process for Yeats. He was unable to express himself to Maud, so he had to express himself through his poetry. His poetry, in turn, was as difficult to write as was his love for Maud. Yeats is simply exhausted at this point and it shows at the end of his poem.