The Poets' Treatment of Love in I Wanna Be Yours by John Cooper Clarke, The Thickness of Ice by Liz Loxley and How do I Love Thee by Elizabeth Barrett

The Poets' Treatment of Love in I Wanna Be Yours by John Cooper Clarke, The Thickness of Ice by Liz Loxley and How do I Love Thee by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"I wanna be yours" by John Cooper Clarke, is made up if three stanzas,

each ending in the title of the poem, "I wanna be yours". The first

two stanzas of the poem follow the same basic poetic structure. The

poem presents a more modern, rather than traditional view of love with

modern basic equipment, such as "vacuum cleaner", "ford cortina" and

"electric heater".

The first stanza opens with the words "let me be your vacuum cleaner,

breathing in your dust". This metaphor represents the person reciting

the poem sucking you into their love. "I will never rust" shows that

they will keep the things the same way, and will not change.

The second stanza contains the metaphor, "I wanna be your dreamboat,

when you wanna sail away", shows that the poet is willing to take the

person they desire away from everything that troubles their life.

The third stanza shows that the poet "will not run out"; that their

love is eternal. The poet includes many similes and metaphors in the

poem, including "let me be your electric heater" meaning that he will

keep the reader warm. Also the poet mentions that he wants to keep

things between him and the reader locked together by saying "let me be

your setting lotion". When the poet speaks of the "deep deep deep deep

de deep deep" he is talking about sonar scanning the oceans trying to

find the end of his love.

The poem ends with the line, "I wanna be yours", the title of the

poem, again emphasizing the poets love for the reader.

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...nd that their love extends beyond the physical reality of life.

These two poems are different in a variety of ways, the main way being

the context. The first poem presents a more modern view of love, and

the second a more traditional view in the form of a sonnet.

I picked these three because they were completely different from each

other. The way they contrast is unusual. I like the layout of the poem

"I wanna be yours" I think because it is a more modern style poem it

appeals to me more than the poem "How do I love thee"

I picked it though, because I also liked the layout of "How do I love

thee". It is very repetitive and is in this way similar to "I wanna be

yours".

All the poems provoke a sense of intense love for both the poets and

the readers and it is evident that both poets love the reader

immensely.