Which poem depicts the agony of love and which the ecstasy?
Love has been used as a central theme for many great works of art. From poems, to stories and even the plays of Shakespeare Love has been depicted in many ways and in many styles and moods. Love is usually seen as a brilliant thing but different poets and artists see it in different ways. Poet’s views of love can vary according to many things. Poets use their own personal experience to express how they feel about love. Other things such as their age, where they are from or what religion they are can also affect their view of love.
A birthday is a poem by Christina Rossetti in which she talks about how much she loves her lover and wants to make love to him. There is a lot of natural imagery used in the poem and they are beautiful things created by nature for example she says things like “a singing bird whose nest is in a watered shoot” (lines 1 & 2). this gives you the image of happy birds singing in the trees. This poem is narrated by Christina Rossetti herself presumably from her personal experience of love because she was in two long lasting relationships and was engaged once these both ended due to religious reasons. The poem follows a a, b, c, b, d, b, e, f rhyming pattern and uses a large amount of smilies in the first verse. This poem is very ecstatic about love and describes it in the most wonderful way.
