In this essay there will be three poems being described and evaluated. The first poem is First Love which is written by John Clare. The second poem is Porphyria's lover which is written by Robert Browning. The last poem is My Last Duchess

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In this essay there will be three poems being described and evaluated. The first poem is “First Love” which is written by John Clare. The second poem is “Porphyria's lover” which is written by Robert Browning. The last poem is “My Last Duchess” which is written by the same poet Robert Browning.

In “First love” the poet has fallen in love. Poet has seen a beautiful lady and his heart is stolen by her. The poet struggles to talk to his love. This man is totally confused and helpless. The poet also knows that he can’t have the woman he admires because of her higher status.

In “Porphyria’s Lover” the lady loved the poet very deeply but the poet was suspicious about her. The poet also did not want someone else to have her. The poet was an obsessive person. So the poet strangled her with her own beautiful long yellow hair. The poet thought that he did not do anything wrong with her because he thought that she was only his. So that’s why he mentioned in her poem “And yet God hasn’t said any word”. He didn’t regret on what he done because he thought that she was only his, so he was able to do any thing with her what he wants.

In “My Last Duchess” the poet was not able to understand his wife. He didn’t realize that his wife was a friendly person and she liked freedom. He mistakenly felt that his wife loved other men. He thought that other men were pleasing her too much. He wanted to rule her because he believed that she needed to obey his orders. He was snobbish on his power so that’s why he wouldn’t stoop. At last he arranged some one to snatch her life.

   He implied the message to father of his second wife that if her daughter doesn’t obey him, the same thing will happen to her which happened with his first wife.

In both “Porphyria’s Lover” and “My Last Duchess” the women were murdered.  

In “First Love” the type of love is unattainable, unrequited which is totally different from other two poems because the type of love in other two poems is totally opposite than this one. The type of love in “Porphyria’s Lover” is obsessive, psychotic and possessive. The type of love in “My Last Duchess” is very paranoid, powerful and jealous.

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The important task to explore is the vocabulary which was used in the poems:

The vocabulary which the poet used in “First love” is very sweet naïve and different than other two poems. The poet has fallen in love. Poet has seen a beautiful lady and his heart was stolen by her. He never saw more beautiful lady than her. He mentioned in his poem

“I ne’er was struck before that hour”. He used uncomplicated words to express his feelings e.g. “With love so sudden and so sweet”. He struggles to talk to his love but he ...

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