Lonely Hearts- Question 5

Referring to question five, all of these stanza in Wendy Cope's Lonely Hearts seem to be advertising for something new and different in their lives.  In the first stanza, a male is obviously looking for a young female to go touring with, with their bicycles.  Though he states that he wants a bicycle partner, we do not see him asking for a new date or life-partner like some of the other stanzas are asking for.  The second stanza involves a gay vegetarian looking for a date partner who is in to Shakespeare and being outside.  Initially, I associated the word gay with meaning homosexual, however, as I looked at the date that this story was published, I realized that at this time period, gay simply meant happy! So, in essence, this individual is looking for a happy individual who is a vegetarian and enjoys reading Shakespeare outside!  The third stanza centers around a business person looking for some adventure and uniqueness in their life.  This person is obviously tired of their old life and hoping to move on to something new. "Executive in search of something new-"(Cope, 973).  The forth stanza deals with a young Jewish woman looking for a man in her life.  She is probably around 30 years old due to her child and probability of her having that child while married to someone. The fifth stanza is from a person named Libran who is looking for a young individual who does not smoke.  Finally, the last one is something rather interesting.  The last one is rather vague and general.  This being the case, it leaves it open for something, anyone, to start with the person asking.