Question

What is the theme of the poem heart to heart by Rita Dove?
Here is poem:

HEART TO HEART
by Rita Dove 2004

nor sweet.

It doesn’t melt

or turn over,

break or harden,

so it can’t feel

pain,

yearning,

regret.

It doesn’t have

a tip to spin on,

it isn’t even

shapely —

just a thick clutch

of muscle,

lopsided,

mute. Still,

I feel it inside

its cage sounding

a dull tattoo:

I want, I want —

but I can’t open it:

there’s no key.

I can’t wear it

on my sleeve,

or tell you from

the bottom of it

how I feel. Here,

it’s all yours, now —

but you’ll have

to take me,

too.

Answer 1

Answer:

"the heart is an epitome of love" is the theme of the poem