Generally the love poem revolves around the feeling of love, the pain, the good & bad experiences in love & the ironies of being in love. But “Love Is Not All” talks only about love practically & do not want the person in love to behave blind & get into the selfish feelings. “Love Is Not All” is written gracefully & is very much focused on the title. The poet suggests falling into love because it is the most wonderful feeling in the world but also consider few facts to know the reality of that love before loving someone. “Love Is Not All” is a short 14 lines poem but is very effective poem dealing with the importance, momentary life & deepness of love.
For instance, “Is there – is there balm in Gilead? - tell me - tell me, I implore! Quoth the raven, `Nevermore.” (Poe 95-96) clearly establishes the premise of death in Poe's poem. The raven symbolizes death, who torments the protagonist with it's seemingly omniscient answer of “nevermore” in response to the narrator's question. The question of “is there balm in Gilead?” is a reference to the Book of Jeremiah (8:22) which in context translates to “is there any medicine to heal me(from death)?”.
They both explore the theme of love or rather painful love. the poet revels the link between the two poems’s through a verity of techniques which is done very effectively but also shows the difference between the obsessive love in “Havisham” and the possessive love of “Valentine”. The pain of love is evident from the beginning in both poems. “Carol Ann Duffy” uses the tone in the first couple of stanzas to show the unorthodox nature of the love. “Not a day since then I haven’t whished him dead”-Havisham This is very effective as the aggressive tone shows “Havisham” has been rejected and her love is causing her pain.
Maud's death impacts the psychological state of the protagonist, and an emotional longing for contact with the deceased echoes the tones of In Memoriam. The poem ends in Part III with the poet leaving to fight in the Crimean War, and parallels may be drawn between the death of Maud's brother, and the apparently justified killing of soldiers in war. The interpretation of Maud is complicated by the compromised position of the narrator: the emotional instability of the poet. This is expressed through a variety of poetic meters and forms as well as a proto-cinematic cycling of imagery. The puzzle of the outside sphere of Maud, for example, the point of view of Maud herself, remains unresolved.
Israel, Selene, & Josue Prof. Eschmann ENC1102 19 March 2013 Poe’s Eternal Love- Poetic Interpretive Analysis Edgar Allan Poe’s poem, “Annabel lee” surprisingly takes a different route in tone from his usual dark, gothic like writings. Poe strives to prove his love for Annabel Lee, where words and flattery are simply not enough. Instead, he crafts an array of imagery to display his true intensions, a gentle rhyme scheme flows throughout, and a handful of symbolism is confidently proclaimed. Poe uses these devices to give the extent of his love more depth and overall more passion, but don’t be surprised to see some of Poe’s darkness hidden this poem. To start, rhyme scheme plays a very large role in setting the mood for this passionate poem.
In the poem To his Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell the speaker seem to be infatuated with a woman to whom he is writing to. The manner in which Marvell writes may convince readers it is a love poem, but behind his poetic devices and use of language the writer seems to have a different objective then originally thought by the reader. The title of this poem is particularly important to its entire meaning. Marvell uses the two words his and coy to describe the mistress. Most people would say using my instead of his would have the same meaning, but they would be wrong.
Com Classic Literature, “Death was a theme or thread through Emily Dickenson Poetry.” Ester Lamabardi also states, “Death was always surrounding Emily Dickinson, especially at the end of her times when she lost her parents, nephews, and several other relatives. Emily Dickenson even suffered from an attack.”(1) All of this death force could be a possible reason why her poetry is so negative and why her tones are so strong and relevant to death. For instance, in the poem “I Felt a Funeral in my Brain” (Emily Dickenson) the tone of the title makes it obvious to death even before the reader decides to read it. The key words like, “Funeral” and “Death” can also be clues to realize that the poem deals with death. In the poem “I Heard a Fly buzz-when I died” (Emily Dickinson) the title clearly shows the vision of death as well.
Elizabeth Barrett makes a connection to death and portrays ideas of mortality in relation to love. Her lack of experience due to her isolation and illness are contextual factors contributing to her mindset of the uncertainty of love, this is why she believes it is death that is after her. Her uncertainties and discomfort about love are furthered explored with the use of archaic language in sonnet 13. “Wilt though have me fashion into speech,” This distances the persona from the audience and conveys her discomfort of being asked to express her love. This shows that her love is not clear in these earlier stages of their relationship.
This is clearly highlighted in the gothic poem “Lenore” and the short stories of “The Pit and the Pendulum” and “The Black Cat” both composed by Edgar Allen Poe. However in Daphne Du Maurier’s “Rebecca” the personality of Rebecca is seen to be the complete opposite of the stereotypical Gothic heroine. This darkness of human actions and emotions is shown by the constant imagery of death, the brutality of violence, the possession of the mind and the revenant. Death is widespread throughout all Gothic texts and usually reveals the true human emotions. In “Lenore” the death of Guy De Vere’s lover Lenore is revealed in the symbolism of the phrase in the opening line “broken is the golden bowl”.
Quickdraw by Carol Ann Duffy and Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning are two different but yet similar poems: they both describe love through a series of metaphors. Quickdraw is about the reality/desperation of love while Sonnet 43 talks of the eternity of love. The speakers of these poems do not have similar relationships or feelings for their loved one. In Quickdraw, she (or he) knows that although her feelings are quite strong, love does not only give joy, sometimes it hurts : the speaker is experiencing love in a “real” way and reveals what happens in some couples even if it may be embroidered. On the contrary, in Sonnet 43 the speaker’s (probably the poet) feelings are very passionate: her affection seems to have no limits.