Perfection: The standard by which everyone and everything is compared. It is a measure that people pursue and rarely achieve. The pursuit of perfection causes many people to realize their faults and their human characteristics. In “Love Song: I and Thou ,” Dugan’s realization of his own imperfect life implied through a misshapen house is recorded through strong straightforward statements and through a first person narrative that allows the reader to both sympathize and empathize …showed first 75 words of 876 total…

…showed last 75 words of 876 total…to no one. No one walks though life unscathed and unaffected by life’s pitfalls. We experience humiliation through witnessing Dugan anguish over his faults, and we feel sympathetic toward his desperate attempts at love. Dugan realizes that he will never have a perfect life, yet he tries to make everything work. Through his strong, straightforward style, Dugan is able to create an introspective view into the mind of a struggling poet and human being.