Writing about Love Essay -- Love Poems Poetry Literature Essays

Writing about LoveLove poems have etern exclusivelyy been very popular because be intimate is one of thedeepest emotions that people can feel and poetry is a good way toexpress such an emotion. When people study of love, they think of atypical romantic love but an exploration of pre-1914 love poetry showsother types of love such as unrequited love and obsessive love. Thepoems I will explore in depth are To his Coy Mistress by AndrewMarvin, The Garden of Love by William Blake, and How do I lovethee by Elizabeth Barrett-Browning.Blakes poem The Garden of Love is his view of being deceived by theperception of marriage. He has shown this by using the Chapel to play marriage. When he gets there he finds Thou shalt notwritten over the door and he thinks this symbolizes restrictions. Heuses the language of the Ten Commandments to emphasize this. He in additionfinds a gate around the Chapel, symbolizing yet more restrictions. The tone of the poem is negative and this is unlike the other poemswhich show a more plausive view of love. This negative tone is shownby the tombstones being where the flowers of the Garden of Loveshould be. This may have been influenced by the fact that Blake waswriting in the time of the French Revolution which was a time of greatsocial upheaval and uncertainty. Also this poem is part of BlakesSongs of Experience where he goes back to some sooner ideas andfinds hat things that seemed good when he was younger are not so goodwhen you grow older.Another poem with a negative tone is Villegiature by Edith Nesbitwho was writing after Blake. This poem is not about the restrictionsof marriage but about a possible romance that has fallen apart. Blakes poem seems... ...at if they layover together their love will never die.In Elizabeth Barrett Brownings How Do I Love Thee? there is alsouse of hyperbole. For example in the last line she saysI shall but love thee better after deathBarrett Browning uses the hyperbole to show romantic love. The loveis so intemperate in this poem it can almost become unrequited love as shealmost idolizes this person. Barrett Browning tries to measure herlove for this man. The use of repetition of I love thee may give atedious tone to this poem but it really emphasizes her point. As herlove in this poem is so prominent to explain she compares it to situationsshowing strength or other emotions such as joy, but even sadness isinvolved from the reference of tears. I think this shows that all herlife and after goes into this kind of love not just the good times andit is hard work.