How is the Theme of 'Love' Differently Treated in the Poems

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How is the Theme of 'Love' Differently Treated in the Poems "First Love", "To His Coy Mistress", and "Shall I Compare Thee"?

A reader of a love poem has a specific and prejudiced view of love poetry. Generally, it is that love poetry is sentimental and flattering. It is supposed to talk about flowers and chocolates, romance and passion from one person to another. The reader expects imagery of hearts and roses, and cliched similes and metaphors. An affectionate and caring tone should be used. The should be honest, sentimental and, above all, romantic.

However, this is often not the case. Love can be portrayed as passionate and sexual, romantic and caring, destructive and heartbreaking, and, unfortunately, possessive and deadly.

The types of love in a poem can be reflected in many ways. One of these ways is the structuring of the poem. "To His Coy Mistress" has a syllogism structure, the first stanza is the 'if', from the 'if, but, so' syllogism argument. This is shown in the first line 'Had we but world enough, and time'. This stanza also uses many hyperboles to emphasise the writers love for his mistress, such as