A Mistake: Poem Explanation

     The poem I wrote below is about Gatsby's distorted view on life and love. We learned while reading the book though that Gatsby did not even love Daisy, but just the idea of her. She was a "nice" girl. He loved her title, presence, looks, and money she had. When he left to make himself a man that could be with her without being embarrassed, he did not realize they could not start back up where they left off. Gatsby felt lost, disappointed, but determined. He would take Daisy back to the past and make her relive it with him--the way that it was supposed to be if Gatsby was from old money. It is obvious to readers though that Gatsby was strange in this way. I wanted to write about how Gatsby did not understand that learning from the past is beneficial, but to relive it is a mistake.