Compare First Love with Shall I Compare Thee..? where Strong Imagery is used to describe Relationships.

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First Love is a Poem which uses Strong Descriptions and Imagery about Relationships. Compare, with one other Poem where Strong Imagery is used to describe Relationships.

John Clare uses imagery and similes in abundance to describe and convey the beauty of the woman portrayed. Another poem which similarly uses strong imagery to describe love is Shall I Compare Thee...? by William Shakespeare which is a famous sonnet. I chose this poem specifically because of its dealings with the romantic aspect of love and its portrayal of beauty. In this essay, I will compare the two and identify both their similarities and differences and their meanings on love.

It is clear that both poems have a constant theme of season, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?", "Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May", "Are flowers the winter's choice?" The theme of the season clearly shows the reader the feelings of the writer as when he sees his love he is reminded of the feelings of a summers day. Along with season, there is a obvious theme of nature in both, "Her face it bloomed like a sweet flower", "darling buds of May".