1. Why might Sonnet 18 by Francesco Petrarcha be interpreted as a poem about defeat as much as a poem about love? Use specific examples from the text in your response. Answer: In Sonnet 18, the speaker wants to describe the beauty of his love, but can’t find the words to do so. The speaker says “Then in mid-utterance the lay was lost” when he tries to think of the words to describe his love’s beauty.
This quote explains Nerudas love for his significant other and how undying it is. The theme of this poem is undying or everlasting love. “The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock” by T.S Eliot is a poem about love and insecurity. In this poem Eliot created a character Prufrock who is an insecure man.
In John Clare's poem 'First Love' we see love as an instant attraction and he says it was a love 'so sudden.' It also highlights the aspect of unrequited love as the relationship between the poet and the person he loves has never even started. In fact he is hardly noticed as we can see from the rhetorical question 'And when she looked 'what could I ail?'' It is only in his own mind that she even perceived his love for her. ‘She seemed to hear my silent voice And loves appeal to know’ (L19, 20) This depicts love as obsessive and selfish.
Compare the methods that poets use to create an interesting character in “Singh Song!” and another poem from character and voice (“Checking out Me History”). Both poems are dramatic monologues and have a conversational tone. The poems are written in free verse and this has connotations to the way that the characters have confusion over their identity. The irregular stanza lengths show the various cultural differences between the poems. In the poem “Singh Song!”, the poet uses repetition to show the persona of Singh as being very personal and intimate when he spends the little time that he has with his “newly bride”.
Robert Herrick’s poem To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time is a lyric poem that expresses his personal and emotional feelings towards how a person should live his or her life. The poem promotes the saying live life to the fullest. Herrick teaches the reader to cherish the time that you have and not to waste it by waiting to seize opportunities that you are given. Readers are persuaded to take advantage of the opportunities that are presented without making reckless decisions. The main topic of the poem is about virgins and how they shouldn’t wait to become sexually involved with a lover, but I feel that this poem can be used at anytime in a person’s life.
This lets the reader experience how much the poet longs to be with 'Alice' again and his attraction towards her. Structure/ Rhyme & Rhythm – Usman A The poem doesn't have a particular form. It is written in one complete stanza and has a lot of enjambment. Enjambment shows that the poem is having endless thoughts about 'Alice', suggesting that even though he is supposed to get over his wife just as his marriage has
The depiction of love is shown as true. Shakespeare has used religious imagery to show how Romeo and Juliet’s love is pure and that Romeo worships Juliet as a relic or a saint. The play also explores true love in act two, scene two where Romeo and Juliet exchange love vows. They show quick progression in their relationship because in this scene they get married. The poem ‘Valentine’ depicts love in a more truthful way, though it seems harsh and almost cynical.
As the sonnet begins the speaker has already met love, when he sees that his reason, the “physician to [his] love” (5) “hath left [him]” (7) when he picks love instead. The speaker at first sees himself “longing” (1) for a cure to his lovesickness either by perfecting the love or destroying it altogether. However, soon the speaker is “angry” (6), that he cannot give up on love and realizes its power just then. Shakespeare uses personification, repetition of certain sounds and a rhyme scheme to illustrate that love is powerful. First off Shakespeare personifies love and reason in this sonnet, as two different forces, to develop the theme to the negative side of love.
Both poems generally give a positive overview of love; both poets suggest that love is never ending and can battle through bad situations. Shakespeare’s sonnet takes the form of argument, talking about the unchanging and eternal qualities of love whilst Browning’s sonnet is like a direct poem to her husband discussing the nature of her love for him. Shakespeare starts the poem by saying “let me not to the marriage of true minds” which sets the tone and exploration of true love. Browning starts by saying “how do I love thee? Let me count the ways!” She is suggesting that we can say that we love someone in many different ways.
Yeats’ tone helps enrich the reader’s conception of the poem’s theme. William Butler Yeats conveys tone through his choice of words and use of details. On the first stanza, the poem expresses a serene feeling as he writes, “when you are old and grey and full of sleep”. On the second stanza, the poet delivers a desperate yet sad tone as he admits his love. “But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you”, we find with this tone that the narrator is