lonely hearts

Lonely Hearts
Wendy Cope

The speaker of this poem is a very desperate man of society. He wants a woman and he wants one now. He is tired of being lonely, and desires to find this woman to make him not lonely anymore. He basically says he will take whoever he can. Therefore, any standards he had set before are no longer present: so for example there's no longer a age limit of this girl he is longing for.

The lines "Can someone make my simple wish come true?" and "Do you live in North London? Is it you?" are repeated throughout this villanelle poem.(it's part of the structure) The question of whether the woman lives in North London makes me think that that is where the man lives (the setting). The question of can someone make his wish come true simply reinstates the desperation of the speaker.That appeared to be pretty much the extent of the poem though. However, I am guessing it is not that straightforward.