Question

1) Why is the poet’s heart broken in the original poem?

2) According to the King in the story, what is the Wonderland poem talking about?

3) Why do you think Lewis Carroll removed his original first stanza of this poem when he edited the final version for the story?

Answer 1

For number one, the poets heart is broken because he loves someone that doesn’t love them back. Unrequited love. The person he/she loves, loves another. He is merely sad over the fact he will never get to love her seeing that heat belongs to someone else.