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Ah, love—it makes us happy, it makes us sad, it makes us crazy. That last part's especially true when we're stuck in a long-distance relationship with no end in sight, just the way that the speaker of "A Poem of Changgan" is. This is, in fact, a love poem. It's about how we can fall head over heels for someone, and the pain that comes when we're separated from them—especially when we can't Skype with them or call them or email them, and especially when we have no idea when they're coming back.
In this poem, love is a source of pain.
Nope, sorry—in this poem, love is actually a source of joy.