Love is one of the main sources that move the world, and poetry is not an exception, this shows completely the feelings of someone. In “Litany” written by Billy Collins, “Love Poem” by John Frederick Nims, “Song” by John Donne, “Love” by Matthew Dickman and “Last Night” by Sharon Olds navigate around the same theme. Nevertheless, they differ in formats and figurative language that would be compared. For this reason, the rhetoric figures used in the poems will conduct us to understand the insights thought of the authors and the arguments they want to support. “Litany” is a poem inspired by a quote from Jaques Crickillon, this free verse poem describes the feeling of a man to a girl with the use of nouns. This poem has two different tones during its development, a serious tone and a mockery tone, that change from stanza to stanza, for example the first stanza using a metaphor compare the nature with the beauty of the woman, Crickillon express “you are the dew on the morning grass/ and the burning wheel of the sun.”(7-8). Also, the speaker in this poem change the traditional love poem of portray a woman or lover by focused on what the woman is not in the second stanza, in this lines the author is making fun. Nevertheless, the readers shock when the speaker admits that he is he is not like her, in the sixth stanza, the shooting star and paper blowing represent that how unpredictable the men is . On the other side, “Love Poem” is very different from the previous poem. This seven stanza poem is based on a man describing the imperfections of his lover. In this, the speaker uses stylistic devices, such as alliteration and personification to impact more on reader, for example as the speaker shows “your lipstick ginning on our coat,”(17) ... ... middle of paper ... ...d are theme same them, love, but it is clearly that loves is not at and magical, it is hard and can even have consequences, for example cheating. Still, we should never forget that love is needed in our life, and it can be offered and obtained in different ways. Works Cited Collins, Billy. “Litany”. Literature to go. Ed. Meyer, Michael. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martins, 2011. Print. Dickman, Matthew. "From the Fishouse.”: Matthew Dickman: Love. N.p., 21 Jan. 2005. Web. 24 Nov. 2013. . Donne, John. “Song”. Literature to go. Ed. Meyer, Michael. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martins, 2011. Print. Nims, John . “Love Poem”. Literature to go. Ed. Meyer, Michael. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martins, 2011. Print. Olds, Sharon. “Last Night”. Literature to go. Ed. Meyer, Michael. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martins, 2011. Print.
Love plays an important role in most physical and emotional relationships. Love is a word that can prove difficult to define or even compare to other emotions. This is due to the diversity of meaning and the complexity of the emotion itself. Everyone has been in love at least once before and has gotten a taste of all the good and bad things that come with it. Christina Rossetti’s “Song” presents some of the good parts of love while Philip Larkin’s “Talking in Bed” shows us some of the bad parts of love. Larkin’s poem presents a failing relationship where communication has failed between a couple and things are getting more and more difficult. Rossetti’s poem presents a wholly different view on love; it is told from the viewpoint of someone talking to his or her lover about what said lover should do after the speaker dies. The love between them seems better, more powerful and good. The two poems also present wholly different attitudes towards “The End,” whether that is the end of life or the end of the relationship. Larkin presents the end as something dark and sad, difficult to cope with. Rossetti, on the other hand, talks about the end as just another beginning, a chance to start over in a new world. Finally, the two poems represent remembrance in different ways. Larkin’s presents memory as something extremely important while Rossetti implies that it does not matter whether we remember or not.
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Edna St. Vincent Millay, in her conventional sonnet “What Lips My Lips Have Kissed, and Where and Why,” asserts that love comes and goes. To develop her claim, Millay begins by first using imagery to describe the speaker’s past relationships which continue to haunt her as they “tap and sigh” upon her glass; second, the speaker is compared to a “lonely tree,” and this metaphor among others serves to show how deprived of love the speaker currently is even though she once had the arms of her lovers “under [her] head until morning”; last, personification is used when the speaker says, “I only know that summer sang in me / A little while, that in me sings no more,” and this reveals to the reader that love is a thing of the past for speaker; the
Throughout the toughest times of a relationship, true love will always be there to hold the relationship together. The poem, “Sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare, compares the beauty of a summer’s day to the beauty of a woman. “Sonnet 30” by Edna Millay, explains that love is not perfect, but is longing for something more. Both of these poems are about love but one is about the heartbroken , sad side of love and the other is the romantic happiness. These two poets are illustrating a theme of romantic love within the literary similarities and differences of the two poems.
This poem is very unique, there are so many ways to interpret it, and still every interpretation emphasises the speakers emotions. There is no rational justification for the cryptic words and phrases used, the reader must look very deeply into the poem to find the hidden connotations, however, this poem could still be considered one of the closest linguistic approximations to what love is.
The speakers and audience in poem are crucial elements of the poem and is also the case in these poems. In the poem Untitled, it can be argued that the poem is being written by Peter based on what his father might say to him...
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Love poems are exceptionally amazing works of literature. Through these poems, we are able to achieve a greater cultural understanding of the Heian period. Indeed, we managed to also gain a deeper insight on the norms of society. Fortunately, these works were preserved until today, which allows for the admiration of modern readers around the world, as well as to let readers grasp a feeling of Heian life.
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Love plays a significant role in the life of the average person. There are both positive and negative effects of love. Both the novel Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, and the poem “To My Dear and Loving Husband,” by Anne Bradstreet have similar ideas and qualities. Although they are different, both pieces of literature tie to the common theme, love. The poems’ explanation of love helps to highlight the growth of Elizabeth’s love throughout the novel.
The poems “To My Dear and Loving Husband” written by Anne Bradstreet and “How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning are both poems about unconditional love and adoration. Even though these women had hardship and trying times in their own lives they were still able to construct these highly regarded poems of genuine love. When comparing and contrasting these two poems I find that one is written to a specific person while the other is to an unidentified loved one, each poet uses imagery and symbolism differently to convey their meaning, and both share true devoted commitment to their loved one.
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