Havisham & Valentine -Consider two poems by the same poet exploring the same themes. State what the theme is and how the poet revels this. (Pain of love) -You must comment on the effectiveness of these techniques. “Havisham” and “Valentine” are both poems by “Carol Ann Duffy”. They both explore the theme of love or rather painful love.
It is clear Virgil portrays a form of love that has a substantial reverence to country and family, while the love found within the pages of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight presents adoration for self-preservation, specifically for the honor of individual prestige. These attitudes differ drastically, yet they also share some common themes, particularly with the suffering that typically accompanies love. Virgil depicts a tone of sincerity and seriousness right from the start of The Aeneid that escalates throughout the poem. He displays some key themes present in Roman literature, and their view on love in the context of duty and country. Virgil establishes the character of Aeneas, a man whose devotion to his mission overcomes his personal desires.
Explore the ways Shakespeare presents strong feeling of Love in 'Romeo and Juliet' and one or more poems from the Anthology of love poems. Throughout history love has been one of the strongest emotions known to mankind. William Shakespeare in ‘Romeo & Juliet’ portrays how love a powerful influence on anyone under it grasps. Shakespeare made R&J to be performed to the public whereas as 'To my Dear and loving husband' by Anne Bradstreet and ‘sonnet 180' by Shakespeare himself were both made to read aloud. Shakespeare uses a combination of techniques to show a true heartedness of love between Romeo and Juliet in Act 1 Scene 5 and Act 2 scene 2.
All of the places mentioned are key settings for some of Shakespeare's most famous works, this shows how special Hathaway considers the couple's lovemaking. Similarly, On My first Sonne demonstrates a feeling of love but also sadness. The poem is written by Ben Jonson and is about the unfortunate and sad loss of his son. Jonson say’s “My sinne was too much hope of thee, lov’d boy”. This demonstrates the extent of love Jonson felt for his son, so much in fact that he views it as a “sinne”.
This may be why this poem is written like it is, compared to poetry written years after this. Marvell puts across the point of they don’t have all the time in the world together, if they don’t have sexual intercourse soon. This may be because points we’re looked at differently two hundred years after Shakespeare time. The first similarity I noticed was that the both poems share the same theme. This is the theme of Love.
Poetry comparison essay For my poetry comparison I chose the poems Valentine and He Wishes For Cloths of Heaven. The main theme that connects the poems is Love. One of the ways in which the poems are alike is that the poets use objects to express their love. For example, in Valentine "I give you an onion", and in He Wishes for Cloths of Heaven "...embroidered cloths". Both poets are offering their love and try to be truthful about it.
These two poems are in admiration of poets before Keats’ time - the Greek poet, most famous for the Odyssey and the Iliad, Homer and the playwright and poet William Shakespeare. Here, they have inspired Keats to create new work and there is a feel of the original in both. On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer, Keats gives the sense of a journey, using phrases such as ‘realms of gold’, ‘goodly states and kingdoms’ and ‘Round many western islands’ which is a similar experience to the Odyssey, using the idea of travel - giving it the sense of the original. Keats uses warm words ‘gold’ and ‘goodly’ which start the poem on a positive note and he continues this rich and happy tone throughout. George Chapman is described as ‘loud and bold’ which gives him an imaginable personality in so few words, as well as showing Keats’ admiration for the man reciting Homer’s work.
For example there is the strong use of repetition to emphasise ideas, for example ‘To bless the hearth, to bless the board, to bless the marriage bed’. Similarly, at the end of the poem there are the lines ‘till he loves me best – Me best of all’ which show that Nell has won
In this essay, I will be showing a comparison between ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (Shakespeare), ‘To His Coy Mistress’ (Marvel) and ‘Sonnet 130’ (Also by Shakespeare). The first main comparison between these three texts is that they all show different types of love. ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is based on true love as both main characters fall in love with each other at first sight. Shakespeare shows their love by the soliloquy and the sonnet that he added to this text as the words and techniques used in them project a connection between Romeo and Juliet. ‘To His Coy Mistress’ shows an idea of a sexual and lustful love.
Death, be not proud Death Be Not Proud, (Holy Sonnet 10), is a metaphysical poem by John Donne (1572-1631), written around 1610. He is fr om metaphysical religious school. “Death Be Not Proud” is among the most famous and most beloved poems in English literature. Its popularity lies in its message of hope couched in eloquent, quotable language. ------------------------------------------------- Death, be not proud, though some have called thee ------------------------------------------------- Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so; Donne tells the reader that death has no right to be proud, because death is not to be feared.