In "This is the Dark Time, My Love," what is the relationship between the speaker and the person to whom he is speaking?

The
speaker, presumably Carter, seems to be speaking to someone with whom there is both an emotional
connection, but also one in which there is an awareness of the political reality in which both
live.  This connection is seen in the tone that is present in the poem.  There is a melancholic
note of warning featured, one that shows how love and its hope are precariously balanced in a
political setting in which individuals are under siege from a centralized and military power.
 This is seen in the end of the...