A Woman to Her Lover' is about a woman who is expressing her feelings in the way the way she, as well as other women, shouldn't be treated. In stanza one she portrays how she doesn't want to be treated

Stanza two continues the theme that she does not want to be enslaved by her future man and states “I am no doll to dress and sit for your feeble worship” this shows a comparison with ‘To His Coy Mistress’ which states “but thirty thousand to the rest” which also tells us about how men viewed a woman’s value in this time period. The quote from ‘To His Coy Mistress’ relates to how he wants to admire her body of all her intimate features and then admire the rest which shows the importance of women at the time.

Stanza three of ‘A Woman to Her Lover’ describes how she still will not be his slave, but this time especially about her body and to his deep sexual desires. The quote in stanza three states “My body supple only for your sense delight” which is compared to ‘When We Two Parted’. This is about when two people have split apart from a relationship. ‘A Woman to Her Lover’ is similar to ‘When We Two Parted’ because Christina wants a true love so this is different. Also in Byron’s Poem he loves but not if it goes wrong which is not what the other wants. We can also compare these two poems with ‘First Love’. ‘A Woman to Her Lover’, ‘When We Two Parted’ and ‘First Love’ all have in common that the partners in all of these do not portray a true love relationship. ‘First Love’  explains how she was “ne’er struck before that hour” suggesting that he has just had a physical attraction to that person, therefore love at first sight and not looking deep inside the person she is and the personality side of her that she has.

Stanza four shows the woman in ‘A Woman to Her Lover’ taking a more dominant stance and telling her man how she does not want to be treated. She says she wants to be his “comrade, friend, and mate” and therefore stating how she wants to be co-equal in their relationship. She also states how brilliant and wonderful her life would be if he treated her as an equal and also persuading him to treat her with more respect. She says “And our co-equal love will make the stars laugh with joy” also suggesting to him to treat her better and then possibly there true love will start to blossom.

The quote mentioning co-equal love compares with ‘Remember’ in the way that the woman in Christina Rossettis ‘Remember’ has the co-equal love that the woman in ‘A Woman to Her Lover’ so desires.

I have proved throughout my coursework that women and there role in life is depicted in a derogatory way. However, It also shows how women started to stand up to their lovers and spouses. ‘A Woman to Her Lover’ is very ahead of is time as it has a woman standing up for herself and telling her lover how she does not want to be treated.