My Englsh poem

Emilyy — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 12:29:34 GMT

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From the poems you have studied,
show how the different poets portray different aspects of love.

The love poems I have studied in class all represent different types of love, such as erotic meaning passionate, sensual and sexual love, Agape and Platonic which is spiritual and being able to share deep emotions and not being a very passionate, Unrequited love, this is when you love some one, but the love is not returned, and finally possessive and destructive, this is mainly to do with jealousy and when one person totally dominates the other, itâs a very negative relationship.

Love poems often express the wish that time would stand still so that a particular moment of intense love will last forever.

John Clare wrote the first poem I studied âFirst Loveâ. He grew up working on land from the age of seven so had very little education and little access to books, but developed a great memory for the folk ballad he heard from the adults whilst working, because of bad education the language used in his poems is simple but is made effective such as âher face it bloomed like a sweat flowerâ which today would have been classed as very poor English, now we would write âher face bloomed like a sweat flowerâ. His English writing would today be equal to a possible child. This is not a very promising start for a future writer but was able to come up with many famous poems later in his life. His humble background made it impossible for him to marry the daughter of a wealthy farmer, so went through so suffered quite a bit from rejection. The poem âFirst Loveâ indicates his reaction to the devastated setback he suffered.

The poem âfirst loveâ is based on love at first sight, he begins the poem describing what the wealthy farmers daughter looks like, and describes her as a blooming flower, then he expresses how he felt when he first set eyes on her that hour. He says he turned deadly pale and his legs refused to walk away, next he writes that the blood rushes to his face and tuck is sight away.

On the second line of the poem âwith love so sudden and so sweetâ and the last line of the 2nd paragraph âAnd blood burnt round my heart.â And the 5th line of the third paragraph âI never saw so sweet a faceâ I noticed alliteration. Alliteration heightens the mood and creates vivid, memorable images it also creates a musical effect and builds suspense.

John Clare explains his unhappiness in unrequited âloveâ I could tell this was unrequited âloveâ because John Clare writes in the poem what he felt like when he set eyes on her, this is obvious that this is love, but his love is not returned by the farmers daughter. I think that the poem is an expression of the strength of first love and the pain of its rejection.

The next poem I studied was âMy Last Duchessâ written by Robert Browning who was a great poet of the Victorian Age. He eloped with, and married, Elizabeth Barret, after snatching her away from the household ruled by her farther. Always in poor health, Elizabeth died In Italy, where they had settled after their marriage. Both Elizabeth and Robert had experienced the happiness of mutual love and both poets wrote very moving love poetry, yet the two poems Iâve been given to study have little to do with love, as we understand it. âMy Last duchessâ is a good example of a dramatic monologue.

The poem is based on a murder, it begins with the very rich man talking to a servant of a mans daughter, who he would like to marry. He shows the servant around the house and ends up showing the servant a painting of his last Duchess, which he ended up murdering. I can detect very little love in this poem, apart from self-love and love of possession of the picture of his last Duchess painted by âFra Pandolfâ a very professional painter in that time and manages to boast about it, giving him more pride, from having such a great painter painting for him.

The poem has been written with couplets, for example wall, call and not and spot followed by many more, the poem also has almost continuous enjambement throughout, which give a conversational effect.

Whilst reading the poem âLast Duchessâ I noticed that the Duke never mentioned the Duchesses name, giving no individuality at all, just known as the one he had married and then had murdered. I think this love is a possessive love, he must control her, she is one of his possessions, but he finds her now more admirable once she is dead and can choose when and who to her portrait is shown to. As the poem end the next wife (Neptune) is being discussed and Iâve again noticed that the duke doesnât mention any names which straight away makes me think that the Duke is going to hold Neptune as his next possession, and that maybe Neptune will end her life the same way his last Duchess did so.

Robert Browning also wrote another poem Iâve studied, âPorphyriaâs Loverâ which is again a dramatic monologue. Porphyriaâs lover ends up strangling Porphyria with her yellow hair to preserve her in the moment of perfect love and keep her his for ever as they sit together throughout the night. This love is possessive and holds a great negativity in this relationship turning to murder perhaps form jealousy.

âTo His Coy Mistressâ was the next poem I studied written by Andrew Marvell. Andrew Marvell was born in a Yorkshire village where his farther was rector of the church. Soon after they moved to Hull. Andrew was educated at Hull Grammar School, followed by Cambridge University. It is likely Andrew never married, because of his travelling around Europe and his busy political job, although after his death in 1678 his landlady claimed to be his wife and published some of his poems. âTo His Coy Mistressâ is his most popular poem. In it, the poet attempts, through argument to win over his coy lady.

The first twenty lines of âThe Coy Mistressâ starts to talk about how much the girl in the poem means to the male character in this poem then says he will wait for ever for her to be with him, he mentions âWe would sit down and think which way To walk and pass our long loveâs day.â Later on in the poem the male character suddenly decide to change his views about how much time they have to spend, he thinks if they spend any more time waiting they shall be dead, he is trying to tell her to hurry up. By the end of the poem the relationship is very rushed. I think this poem is showing erotic love, a lot of passion and lust.

The next poem was written by William Shakespeare, âShall I Compare Theeâ¦?â William Shakespeare, as well as writing plays, wrote sonnets. âShall I compare theeâ¦?â has a similar theme to many of Shakespeareâs sonnets. the poem gives us an idea of the characteristics of a really long lasting love between two people.

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