Comparing poems- Best Words.
Porphyrias Lover and Let Me Not are my chosen poems. I chose these poems because I took an instant liking to Porphyrias Lover and thought that Let Me Not was an appropriate comparison with it. Porphyrias Lover is a poem about an obsessive possessive man, in love with a girl who cannot stay committed and has a fear of relationships, so he murders her to be forever with her. Let Me Not, in my opinion, is more personal and seems to have resulted from Shakespeare’s own experience with love. It is saying that love is something that gets in the way and is forever- I.e. Marriage. I will analyse the two poems and then compare them.
In Porphyrias Lover, he begins using tempestuous weather to set the scene, and in lines 6- he makes it seem as if not all is well and there is a sense of intrigue. Then in line 9- He talks as if she brings light into his life, he tries to seduce her by ignoring her and he obviously knows her very well if this works. Then in lines 20-25 he says that she can’t stay committed, has a fear of relationships and wont see passion free. He suddenly begins to change, becomes more possessive and insecure to the thought of loosing her, he tries to reassure himself that she loves him like he loves her (line 33) ‘Porphyria worshipped me…’ He would like to think that she did.
