Love in "The Wedding Story" and "I Do Not Love.."

Love can be defined in many different words. It can be used as a noun, a verb, and sometimes even an adjective. One of the many definitions of love states, "a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person. The Wedding Story by Julianna Homokay and I Do Not Love.. by Pablo Neruda both express the use of love in unconventional ways. While The Wedding Story expresses a fictional kind of love, I Do Not Love.. is more of a realistic expression and they both reserve readers to the edge of their seat until the end is read.

The Wedding Story starts off with a visualization. "Setting: A land where the grass is always green, the sun is always shining, and fences are always white picket." Readers should be visualizing a fairytale as soon as they begin to read The Wedding Story. Not only is it written out in stone, but when any person reads something pertaining to green grass, or a sun that is always shining, they should automatically fantasize a mental image of some kind of fantasy story they read or watched as a child. A majority of people have grown up with memories of a certain Disney movie that they were introduced to at a very young age. For example, the movie "Cinderella," or something more along the lines of Sleeping Beauty. Both which pertain to driving off into the sunset happily ever after. As children morph into teenagers, and teenagers to adults, it seems as though they carry that false assumption of the perfect kind of fairy tale love. The Wedding Story is an entertaining way to let its readers in on the real deal of how love really goes in modern times. As the storyteller continues, he elaborates on the "fantasy" element and the reader learns that the couple were high school sweethearts and married on a sunny...

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...t Love.. is great at explaining deep, intense feelings for someone, but that feeling could mean that the poet really hates the person so much that he loves them. For example, when he writes about cold and fire, he is not clear with the meaning he is trying to send out.

In conclusion, I believe that The Wedding Story and I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You, are two poems that try to portray a sense of love. On a personal level, I do not believe in love, but I think both writers do a fantastic job at sending out two different meanings towards the word. Julianna Homokay sets up a sense of fantasy love that turns into real love. Pablo Neruda writes more of a feeling he has towards someone that is supposed to be “love.” Both are realistic in their own sense. But depending on who the reader is, will result in what kind of expression they have on the reading.