Comparing Three Poems on Love and Loss
'How Do I Love Thee?' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and 'Remember' by
Christina Rossetti are both sonnets sharing the theme of Love and Loss
but approaching it from a different view. 'How Do I Love Thee' is a
Petrachian sonnet written by a famous poet of that time Elizabeth
Barrett Browning. Born in 1806, Elizabeth Barrett Browning was a
female author in the mid 1800's. 'How Do I Love Thee?' expresses the
theme of love in an undying manner. It portrays deep ethereal love
that a woman has for her lover. It uses emotive language to depict the
passion and depth of their love. 'Remember' is also a petrachian
sonnet written by Christina Rossetti. Christina Rossetti (1830-94) is
a passionate and powerful English Poet. She was a devout Anglican and
lived the last fifteen years of her life as a recluse in her home.
Many of her poems are religious, some melancholy and death-obsessed.
Possessing a spontaneous lyrical gift, she had a firm command of
traditional poetic forms. She is recognized as an important
Victorian-era poet. 'Remember' is one of her famous poems, which
portrays her writing style very well. This poem gives us the
impression of someone who is preparing her lover for her death or
departure from this world. It stresses the idea of strong love and she
wants to be remembered and not forgotten.
Both 'How Do I Love Thee?' and 'Remember' are petrachian sonnets.
Petrachian sonnets have a very distinguished structure and are
different to Shakespearean sonnets. The rhyming couplets at the end
are used to really capture the mood of the poem and keep it in strict
sonnet form.
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... This use of listing in threes is very emotive and helps to create a
more passionate feeling and adds to the whole atmosphere of the poem.
Browning's spectacular "How Do I Love Thee?", may at first seem vague,
but with a more thorough approach the reader can gain new insight into
Browning's purpose. Browning uses her unique style and word choice to
spice the poem and give it flavour, while the sonnet format keeps the
poem simple. Browning proved her excellence and innovativeness as an
author, in the multi dimensions of "How Do I love Thee?". Rossetti's
heart-touching 'Remember' filled with eupimism portrays the strong
passionate love one has for her lover which would carry on even after
death. Rossetti's religious approach to this sonnet gives it an almost
heavenly feel adding to the fervent love one has for her lover.
also be seen as a man who enjoyed killing but must come up with an
As Edgar Allan Poe once stated, “I would define, in brief the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty.” The two poems, “Birthday,” and “The Secret Life of Books” use different diction, theme, and perspective to give them a unique identity. Each author uses different literary devices to portray a different meaning.
There are many similarities and differences between the two poems: “When We Two Parted”, written by Lord Bryon, and “La Belle Dames Sans Merci”, written by John Keats. I shall be exploring these poems and seeing connections and differences between them, so that I am able to compare them.
on: April 10th 1864. He was born in 1809 and died at the age of 83 in
In today’s modern view, poetry has become more than just paragraphs that rhyme at the end of each sentence. If the reader has an open mind and the ability to read in between the lines, they discover more than they have bargained for. Some poems might have stories of suffering or abuse, while others contain happy times and great joy. Regardless of what the poems contains, all poems display an expression. That very moment when the writer begins his mental journey with that pen and paper is where all feelings are let out. As poetry is continues to be written, the reader begins to see patterns within each poem. On the other hand, poems have nothing at all in common with one another. A good example of this is in two poems by a famous writer by the name of Langston Hughes. A well-known writer that still gets credit today for pomes like “ Theme for English B” and “Let American be American Again.”
Compare the way in which these poets convey their attitudes to love. and relationships with the people. How is this affected by the era in which they lived. Then the s The two poems I am comparing are 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew. Marvell.
...to help express the theme of the poems by illustrating the role the subject matter played in the life of the persona during their grieving period. Furthermore, metaphors helped communicate the thoughts and feelings of the personas by providing the reader with insight into the relationships and emotions covert in the poem. All in all, the poetic devices incorporated in each individual poetic composition played vital roles in the emotional and dramatic impact of these poems. And who knows, the immaculate use of these fundamental literary devices could be the key to successful love poems all around the world.
All the poems you have read are preoccupied with violence and/or death. Compare the ways in which the poets explore this preoccupation. What motivations or emotions do the poets suggest lie behind the preoccupation?
Comparing two poems - Binsey Poplar by Hopkins and I wandered lonely as a cloud' by Wordsworth. Compare the two poems and comment on: - The overall feelings of the poem - How they use language effectively - What the poems suggest about the characters of the authors. The two poems 'Binsey Poplars' by Hopkins and 'I wandered lonely as a cloud' by Wordsworth both contain very strong, emotive feelings.
The central theme of both the poems is old age. Sylvia Plath and Jenny Joseph express their ideas of old age through the poems Mirror Mirror and Warning Introduction The central theme of both the poems is old age. Sylvia Plath and Jenny Joseph express their ideas of old age through the poems ‘Mirror’ and ‘Warning’. The intention of Sylvia Plath and Jenny Joseph are different. The message they want to get through to us differs.
People interact with nature in an overall positive way. “Carry” by Linda Hogan, “Hope for Animals and their World” by Jane Goodall, and “My Life as a Bat” by Margaret Atwood prove this interaction. People might argue that humans interact with nature in a negative way because of “My Life as a Bat” and how it shows that people don’t appreciate creepy bats. However, people interact positively with nature as shown in “Carry,” love and friendship makes up our connection with nature in this poem. “Hope for Animals and their World” shows Lou’s way of keeping burying beetles alive and why they are important, this is a positive connection so the beetles don’t die, and keep our environment clean.
John Clare was an English poet who lived mostly in rural Northamptonshire from 1793 to 1864 . He wrote many poems, essays and letters about love, politics, sex, corruption, environmental and social change, poverty and folk life . The poet, John Clare, interested me more then the other poets from the Romantic period because of his colourful background. In 1837, he had a mental breakdown and was admitted to an asylum in Epping Forest. Four years later, he discharged himself and walked the 80 miles home in three and a half days, living on grass he ate by the side of the road. Later that year (1841), he was certified insane and was committed to the Northampton Asylum. He lived there until his death in 1864 writing occasionally. The two poems from the title were written two years apart while Clare was at the asylum . They reflect the poets own thoughts and feelings as he is heard as the narrator making the poems biographical, almost as if they were a page from a diary. They have both only recently (with some of his other poems written when at the asylum), been published from manuscripts and the full contents of his work recognised. When first read, it appears that they almost share an identical theme of loneliness and despair, but after a second and third reading, there is some remarkable dissimilarity. Both "A Vision" and "I am" are very personal, intimate poems, both displaying the inner workings and substance of Clare's supposedly deranged mind. While "A Vision" is a definitive statement about Clare's asylum life, "I Am" is a deeper exploration into the chaos of sanatorium life. The rejection of the world in "A Vision" is from a more mature voice that could possibly dispense the rationality of a world-weary writer. How...
Poem Comparison of Mr bleaney by Philip Larkin and In Memory of My Grandfather by Edward Storey
“Didn’t you know, I was waiting on you” is a quote from the song “Bad News” (Bhasker, West, Simone, and Bass, 2008, p. 1). The theme of this particular song is about heartbreak in relationships, and many times the woman is the one breaking a man’s heart. Three songs sung by Kanye West tell the tale of heartbreak caused by a woman and how the man has emotional pain, deals with heartbreak, and loses the woman to someone else.
The authors of the three poems that we are working on are “The Passionate Shepherd to his love” by Marlowe, is about he is trying to get his love to come live with him and be his love. “ The nymph’s reply Shepherd” by Raleigh, is telling about how he is trying so hard, but she will not give him any chance, because he will be wasting both of their times and everything he gives her will all die and fade away. “Raleigh was Right” by William Carlos Williams, is about saying all the things the nymph was saying was true and that nothing will work. Williams transforms Marlowe and Raleigh’s central ideas by focusing on nature, love, and time.