Poem Summary (In the Metro)

In the Metro is about falling in love but tied down to a spouse and family. A man falls in love with a woman who passes by but “[they’ll] never meet again”(1). Only by looking at “her [go] her way”(4) does he feel sad. She is whisked away in the crowd of people “just as a river”(8). The man who is “crucified to family duties”(9) is helpless as she leaves because he already has a family to return to. He cannot do anything for falling in love with the woman in the metro because he is married to another woman.