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write a short analysis on this poem? Make a thesis and support it with evidence. It should be concerned with the theme of loss to some degree.

The Garden -- Louise Gluck

I couldn't do it again,
I can hardly bear to look at it-

In the garden, in light rain
The young couple planting
A row of peas, ?d??hough
no one has ever done this before,
the great difficulties have never as yet
been faced and solved -

The cannot see themselves,
In fresh dirt, starting up
Without perspective,
The hills behind them pale green,
Clouded with flowers -

She wants to stop;
He wants to get to the end,
To stay with the thing-

Look at her, touching his cheek
To make a truce, her finger
Cool with spring rain;
In thin grass, bursts of purple crocus-

Even here, even at the beginning of love,
Her hand leaving his face makes
An image of departure

And they think
they are free to overlook
this sadness.