Respuesta :

A good word to describe the speaker would be "pragmatic." She might be feeling some sadness over the loss of her lover, but she is also taking a rational approach to the situation. She mentions that it wouldn't do to look for someone to replace the lover, since it would only stoke those fires of anguish, which she's not looking to rekindle.

The speaker is missing her true love, who has been dead a long time