Mimi Khalvati explores the theme of longing in her ten stanza Ghazal, ‘Ghazal.’ Semantic fields of nature and constant refrain help express out the central themes of the poem. Likewise, ‘The Farmer’s Bride’ by Charlotte Mew uses structure and natural imagery to explore the theme of wanting and imbalance in the relationship she presents in her poem.
‘Ghazal’ uses contrast to ambiguously suggest the unlikelihood of a relationship between the speaker and her lover. Juxtaposition of the ‘iron fist in the velvet glove’ is presented to suggest the contrast between the two. An ‘iron’ is a cold and hard substance, whereas a ‘velvet glove’ is a soft and gentle substance. This then implies that they do not belong together, and early on the speaker is aware of this, but continues to peruse her lover, in hope that they’ll soon be together over the progression of the poem. The juxtaposition of the ‘iron fist’ and ‘velvet glove’ does however give a suggestion of the term that opposites attract. The pair are unlikely but they still possess this nature of wanting despite their differences. This could be used by Khalvati as a representation of the different sides of love; it isn’t just a soft and sensual feeling, it is also hard and difficult. This could be used as an indication that the speaker is not naïve about what she longs for, she understands the implications and repercussions of the relationship she is longing to get into. It could further be inferred that the speaker longs to subdue her lover into wanting her as much as she wants him, the ‘fist’ inside the ‘glove’ is suggestive of the speakers pining to have him just-where-she-wants. This brings about a disturbing feel, that she speaker is not just longing to have him as her lover becaus...
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...er beloved. However, describing her tongue as being venomous presents the idea of her urgency to be noticed by her beloved despite the sense of danger that is added. This presents the theme that the speaker is determined to urge her beloved to love her back. In a similar way, the farmer in ‘The Farmer’s Bride’ is desperate for his wife to show him some sort of affection back. The farmer longs to have ‘some other in the house than we!’ The use of this exclamation mark puts emphasis on his urgency to have children, which could only be brought by being intimate and affectionate with his partner.
Both poems represent the despairs and failures of the love they hone for their beloved, with brings a touch of sadness to the poems. From this the reader can feel almost sympathetic to the unrequited lovers, and gain an understanding of the perils and repercussions of love.
Both poems are set in the past, and both fathers are manual labourers, which the poets admired as a child. Both poems indicate intense change in their fathers lives, that affected the poet in a drastic way. Role reversal between father and son is evident, and a change of emotion is present. These are some of the re-occurring themes in both poems. Both poems in effect deal with the loss of a loved one; whether it be physically or mentally.
The speaker’s rocky encounter with her ex-lover is captured through personification, diction, and tone. Overall, the poem recaps the inner conflicts that the speak endures while speaking to her ex-lover. She ponders through stages of the past and present. Memories of how they were together and the present and how she feels about him. Never once did she broadcast her emotions towards him, demonstrating the strong facade on the outside, but the crumbling structure on the inside.
The purpose of this essay is to analyze and compare and contrast the two paired poems “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning and “My Ex-Husband” by Gabriel Spera to find the similarities presented within the pairs. Despite the monumental time difference between “My Last Duchess” and “My Ex-Husband”, throughout both poems you will see that somebody is wronged by someone they thought was a respectable person and this all comes about by viewing a painting on the wall or picture on a shelf.
... overall themes, and the use of flashbacks. Both of the boys in these two poems reminisce on a past experience that they remember with their fathers. With both poems possessing strong sentimental tones, readers are shown how much of an impact a father can have on a child’s life. Clearly the two main characters experience very different past relationships with their fathers, but in the end they both come to realize the importance of having a father figure in their lives and how their experiences have impacted their futures.
Like Walcott’s Love after Love, it is about change and personal growth - but at an earlier point, or perhaps at repeated points in one's life. In my opinion, both poems do an excellent job of encouraging a love of life, and making it seem very attractive and using metaphors for it to make it seem less serious. This is definitely a good thing. Both tell that you should live your life as you wish and should take advantage of every second of it. To conclude, I believe these poems both hold a strong moral point.
In this essay I will look at the two poems, explore what the poems are
...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.
Also the relationship is presented through Form. Ghazal contains at least ten shers each of them a single stanza but each developing a central argument for the speakers love and the shers also contains its own metaphor in which to express the speakers longing. The shers are also linked through a refrain which runs throughout the poem for example ‘woo me’, ‘cue me’ and ‘tattoo me’ which are all euphemisms for a romantic relationship and are seductive phrases that are targeted to the beloved from the speaker. This builds a powerful repetitive rhythm which lends itself to persuasion and suggests Khalvati’s first name, Mimi (me me). It is almost as if each refrain is a knocking at the door of the beloved’s heart and, with enough knocking, the door must surely open. In the last sher Khalvati signs her name ‘twice the me’ which is ghazal convention but she is not doing this exactly.
...istic fantasy of the marriage, but the reality does not always follow the dream. Therefore, the newlyweds adjust their view on marriage according to the reality, and this adjustment represents the “fire” in the last line of poem. These two approaches to interpret “fire” show the optimistic outcome of marriage while the image also describes the reality of marriage.
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Both poems inspire their reader to look at their own life. In addition, they treat the reader to a full serving of historic literature that not only entertains, but also teaches valuable lesson in the form of morals and principles.
While the speaker seems to be cynical about the idea of love, it becomes apparent that she is uncertain if she would indeed give up love for basic necessities. This message is accentuated by the use of poetic devices including rhyme, repetition, and alliteration.
The purpose of the sorrowful imagery in "The Garden of Love" was to create a negative mood and the purpose of the love-filled diction was to create a positive mood, but to take it one step further one must ask what the purpose of establishing these contrasting moods in each poem? "The Garden of Love" contains depressing images and has a gloomy mood to portray hell as the epitome of depression and negativity whereas "The Shepherd" contrasts this setting by using friendly diction to create a joyful mood to portray heaven as the quintessence of joy and peace.
In “A Man and A Woman Arguing,” Rumi’s narrative poem brings about two speakers a husband and a wife who are in an overwhelming argument about their life. The husband and wife both go back and forth about their life and how destroyed it has become. Different aspects of their living conditions are brought up and the fact that nothing is being done about it. While the wife is arguing why it is all bad and that it needs to be better, the husband on the other hand is happy with where they are and is accepting life for what it is. This argument continues through that night, the day and so on. Many of the figures of speech, tone, metaphors and psychological imagery used in this poem enlighten both a meaning to the poem and a lesson to a better way of living one’s life and being able to deal with the pains and sufferings that we go through.
First we must look at the difference in forms of the two poems. To His