title - euphemism for young men reproducing but not young women
Stanza 1: 'faces in those days sparked the whole shooting - match off' - dates - notion of love and desire - love at first sight
'a bosomy english rose and her friend in specs i could talk to' - he fancies the first one but feels more comfortable with the second.
'But it was the friend i took out' - the first girl was too stunning - he settled for second best.
Stanza 2: 'and in seven years after that' - she wasted 7 years of her life waiting to be asked to be married.
'wrote over four hundred letters, gave a ten-guinea ring' - he did treat her to things - it appears that he is just ticking things off a list, he thinks money buys love, hes showing off, going through the motions - nice ladies would have said no to sex before marriage because there was no contraception, so he would of had to get her to marry him.
'i met beautiful twice. she was trying both times (so i thought) not to laugh' - they only met twice but he remembers, he calls her beautiful - but not the one he is dating. he's in love with the idea. he thinks shes mocking him.
Stanza 3: 'was an agreement that i was too selfish, withdrawn and easily bored to love.' - she could have realised this and tried to end it. or he has tried to finish it before and decided that this was the only way to put her off of him.
'well, useful to get that learnt' - male perspective, not really bothered by it, given up, dismissive - he learns the truth about himself. he's been dating her for 7 years and we are not told her name.
'in my wallet are still two snaps, of bosomy rose with fur gloves' - he has photos of a woman he never talked to and doesnt even know.
'unlucky charms, perhaps' - photos, he fell in love but didnt do anything about it - he was just in love with her beauty because he didnt get to know her - he couldnt love anyone else because hes always thinking about her.
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