symbols to explain love He says that Fate puts iron wedges between him and his beloved These iron wedges are a symbol They mean that Fate makes a strong wall between the two lovers so they can never come close Fate becomes jealous when it sees two perfect loves So Fate cannot allow them to come close to each other As Marvell writes For Fate with jealous eye does see Two perfect loves nor lets them close Then Marvell uses another intellect He says Fate also keeps the lovers far away from each other like at the North Pole and South Pole Moreover Marvell says their love is truly parallel Parallel lines go side by side forever but never touch He says But ours so truly parallel Though infinite can never meet These are smart images that show how their love is strong but painfully impossible In conclusion Marvell s poem is full of emotion but also full of clever ideas His intellect makes the poem rich and meaningful In this way he beautifully combines passion and intellect