In the poem Porphyria’s Lover a man is speaking about the woman he loves.
The love portrayed in Porphyria’s Lover is different than in the other poems because in this poem the man kills the woman so he can take control over her forever this is demonstrated here, ‘I found a thing to do, and all her hair In one long yellow string I wound Three times her little throat around, And strangle her’ with this sentence the poet means that the man killed the woman so that he can take control over her forever.
I think that the man killed the woman so that she could never fall in love with someone else and that the woman would do what the man wants. I don’t think that the poem suggests that relationships are loving because he still killed her if it was love he wouldn’t kill her. The poem Porphyria’s Lover is a perverse love poem because he killed her and he wanted her just for himself and to use her for sex. Also I don’t think that Porphyria’s Lover is a love poem at all because the poem is just telling us how much the man loved the woman and what he would do just so she would be with him forever the man even kills her so that he can control her so I don’t think it’s a love poem because love poem is about true love not about a man killing his lover so that he can control her. Porphyria’s Lover is also a depressing poem. Porphyra’s Lover is a poem wit 8 rhythm in each sentence.
In the poem How Do I Love Thee? The type of love portrayed is pure, everlasting, spiritual and infinite this is demonstrated here, ‘and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.’ This is telling us that the woman will love her lover even more after death if its god will but in the poem Porphyria’s Lover the man kills the woman so that he can take control over her forever. This poem tells us that relationships are always loving because they want to love each other even after death. How Do I Love Thee? Is a true love poem because it’s telling you all the ways of how you could love someone. The poem How Do I Love Thee? Is a light-hearted poem which shows us undying love. Also the poem How Do I love Thee? Is a sonnets poem that has 14 lines of 10 or 11 syllables each and a regular rhyming pattern according to the scheme.
In the poem Remember the love portrayed is truthful and everlasting. The poem is telling us that even when she leaves that her lover should always remember her, this is demonstrated here, ‘Better by far you should forget and smile Than that you should remember and be sad’. This tells us that the man should think of her but not get upset.
This poem tells us that relationships are always loving because they’ll still love each other even though they will be apart from each other. Remember is a realistic poem because many people are apart but still love each other. This poem is quiet depressing because theirs is 2 people that love each other but they can’t be together.
Remember is a poem just like How Do I Love Thee? That is a sonnets poem that has 14 lines of 10 or 11 syllables each and regular rhyming pattern according to the scheme.
In my conclusion I think that all three poems, Porphyria’s Lover, How Do I Love Thee? And Remember show a different way of love. I think that the poem with the most realistic interpretation is Remember because many people that love each other say, ‘Remember me when I am gone away’ and love each other when they live in different countries or when they are apart from each other.
Each poem shows a different way of love. Porphyria’s Lover is a violent way of love and the writer is trying to show that how much the man does just for the woman to love him. In the poem How Do I Love Thee? The love is expressed that it’s undying, that nothing would stop their relationship. In the poem Remember the love is shown in a undying way aswell as if their relationship would never end. I think that both Remember and How Do I Love Thee? Are the same kinds of poems but Porphyria’s Lover is completely different to both of them.
Abraham Gorgis
