Forbidden Love Lord Byron was known for having one forbidden love, which is depicted in his poem "When we two parted". The theme of the poem forbidden love comes from the poem itself telling a story about a love affair, and how both cannot coincide with each other, cheating and loving one person. The poem starts off with Byron and his mistress departing from one another, the two lovers now are nothing, but allusions, memories …showed first 75 words of 455 total…

…showed last 75 words of 455 total…long years, How should I greet thee?-- With silence and tears. Loving one means to love only one. You cannot win with two and you should never try. Love is a strong word and only had room for one. In this poem Byron talks about his affair and his lost. You see that he teaches us, no matter how good it feels at first, if you doing wrong, the pain will be even greater.