Lovers Quarrels in Love, 20 cents the First Quarter Mile Essay

Lovers Quarrels in Love, 20 cents the first Quarter Mile   Kenneth Fearings poesy Love, 20 cents the First Quarter Mile, expresses the wide range of emotions experienced in an lineage.  The meter depicts the all too familiar situation of a lovers quarrel in which the section, whom we can assume is male, struggles to try an argument during a taxi ride.  During his attempts to resolve the quarrel, the persona experiences a variety of emotions ranging from apologetic to accusatory to sarcastic to romantic.  In this poem, the reader gains a personal insight into the conflicting and rapidly changing feelings of the persona.        The first stanza of the poem leads the reader to believe that the persona has been a slight than perfect companion to his counterpart.  However, the persona seems exiting to acknowledge that he whitethorn have committed a few transgressions, and seems apologetic for them.  He concedes that he may have lied t o and about(line 1) his companion, and that he also infernal her extravagance, maligned her tastes,/ libeled her relatives, and slandered a few of her friends(4-5).  Nevertheless, he entreats, come back(7).        In the indorsement stanza, the persona expresses his go awayingness to concede to his companion, as long as she is willing to withdraw some of her own concessions.    I will agree to forget the statements that you issued/...to the neighbors...,/ and you will forget that figment of you imagination, the blonde/ from Detroit/ I will agree that your skirt friend...is not crazy.../but on the contrary rather bright,/ and you will concede that...Steinburg is neither a drunk/ nor a swindler,... ...  We will have a celebration to end all celebrations(28).  He reveals how petty he thinks the argument was by contradicting his earlier concessions.  We will invite...Steinburg, who is off the wagon, by the way, and that insane/ woman w ho lives upstairs...(31-32).  Apparently, the storm of the argument has passed, and the reader feels a sense of calmness and resolution.               During this poem readers intimately experience the broad range of feelings experienced by the persona in a short period of time.  The significance of the title, Love, 20 cents the First Quarter Mile, is that the persona is not only paying for a jade ride, but for the time it takes to placate his companion and convince her of his love for her that will outlast even the pettiest of arguments.