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Compare & Contrast The Theme of Love In Sonnet 116, La Belle Dame sans Merci And Poem At Thirty-Nine

“Through this essay I will be comparing and contrasting three poems and the theme of love which is woven in the fabric of each one. The first poem that I will be analyzing is “Sonnet 116” by William Shakespeare, in which he writes about true love, which in his view will stay unaltered by time if it is genuine. The second poem that I will be exploring is “Poem At Thirty Nine” by Alice Walker, in which the author explores the unconditional love that exists between a daughter and her father. A poem that has very similar traits to this one is “A Parents Love” by Michael Bostick. Lastly I will study “La Belle Dame sans Merci” by John Keat and talks about the one sided love that a knight has for a fairy that he has just seen.

“These poems not only contain the main theme of love but also many other themes as well. The theme of reminiscence is present in Alice Walkers “Poem At Thirty Nine” as she says, “How I miss my father”. The poem La Belle Dame sans merci also contains many hidden themes like that of desertion when the fairy doesn’t appear at the knight’s arm (on the side of the hill). We can tell that the woman is a fairy because she lives in an “elfin grot” and she also speaks a different language that the knight cannot comprehend. Many added themes are found in Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 116” like honor and loyalty.

The structure of a poem helps increase the significance of it. For example “Poem At Thirty Nine” is a free verse poem, this means that it has no rhyme scheme whatsoever. This could represent how her life was in shambles after her father’s passing and that without his guidance she is lost. “Sonnet 116” however is very unli...

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...ildhood. “He taught me that telling the truth did not always mean a beating”, this quote tells us that the author’s father was a moral father because he taught his daughter to tell the truth no matter the consequence.
All three poems have morals engraved into them by the poet’s and it is the readers’ job to decrypt them. “Sonnet 116” has the message in it that genuine love really does exist. The message that is engraved in “La Belle Dame sans Merci” is that you should never fall in love with someone if you don’t know him or her fully. The engraved message in “Poem at Thirty Nine” is the monumental role that your father plays in your life.
In conclusion all these poems have indications of genuine love. There are many diverse kinds of love that are portrayed in these poems. Love is an important part of life and no one should be deprived of it.”
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