In Carol Muske-Dukes’ poem, “Love Song,” love is depicted through imagery and metaphors through a sparrow along with her own past love, who unfortunately died among unforeseen circumstances. Within the poem Dukes’ proposes the idea of raising a newborn sparrow is comparable to a newly formed relationship, yet she displays the catch twenty-two in both state of affairs, which love is an undeterminable force where no one can control its
