With reference to the three poems; 'A Woman to Her Lover', 'When We Two Parted' and 'First Love' explain how they represent different types of love and the techniques they use to achieve this.
With reference to the three poems; 'A Woman to Her Lover', 'When We Two Parted' and 'First Love' explain how they represent different types of love and the techniques they use to achieve this. There is a wide variety of the types of love with different aspects to the effects and meaning of love. This makes it harder to define them. There is your first love, which is the first person who have fell in love with properly, you can be any age, young or old, you r past relationships have been flings or you may just thought you found the right one and hadn't. There is emotional love, where you care for someone more than anything else. However with emotional love there is emotional blackmail where you are used in order for someone's happiness but leaves you far from it. Along with emotional love there is physical love where you show your love through actions rather than words or feelings. Physical love is normally shown with sexual behaviour where the other person reacts with the same actions and behaviour. Family love is a total different type of love altogether. It is a love that stands all alone by itself and yet is the strongest love of all. The bond between mother and daughter or father and son should be the hardest if not impossible to break and the same for brotherly love. So you see, there are many types of love, too many to explain and some aren't even explanatory. Love
I will be comparing the varying attitudes towards different aspects of the relationships between men and women through four different pre-1900's poems.
FINAL COPY Lil Maisky Year 11 English Poetry Coursework: -Choose 4 out of 8 poems given on "Men and Women." -Discuss the attitudes of the poets towards relationships and how they express it in their poems. -Compare these with modern attitudes. E.g.: media, cinema... I will be comparing the varying attitudes towards different aspects of the relationships between men and women through four different pre-1900's poems. These attitudes have varied through time and it is sometimes quite surprising how similar the attitudes in the poems reflect our attitudes today. Three of my chosen poems are male and one is written by a woman. The difference is noticeable between the feelings expressed in Christina Rosseti's poem and those of the three other men. The attitude in Christina Rossetti's 'Remember' differs greatly from that of the three male poems. There were less prominent female poets at the time, as women were under the dominance of the sexist attitudes with the male society of the time and didn't have many opportunities involving artistic recognition, or for that matter, any opportunities for a recognised career in general. This may explain the attitude of self-pity and morbidity displayed by the female poet in 'Remember.' The poem mentions death: "For if the darkness and corruption leave..." The question is, is death a positive or negative outcome of her situation? The
What leads us to love and interpersonal relationships?
What leads us to love and interpersonal relationships? Can Love be control'd by Advice? Will Cupid our Mothers obey? Though my Heart were as frozen as Ice, At his Flame 'twould have melted away. When he kist me so closely he prest, 'Twas so sweet that I must have comply'd; So I thought it both safest and best To marry, for fear you should chide. John Gay 1728 Love, what is it and do we really need it? If so, how do we get it and how can we survive it? For centuries it has provided poets, musicians, writers and artists with their primary source of material. The puzzle for Polly in John Gays eighteenth century farce "The beggars opera" is "can love be controlled by advice?" She herself goes on to answer her own question. But what exactly is it that does lead us to love another person? How do we get close enough to someone for that emotion to develop, and does love come in different guises? This essay will discuss different psychological theories around the vexing question of how interpersonal relationships and love develop, how they are sustained and what can ultimately lead to their breakdown. The western society's notion of love as a prerequisite for long term relationships such as marriage is not one which is shared by all cultures. Many Asian families still arrange marriages for their children, sometimes choosing the lucky partner at birth, and often the first
Compare the ways that the theme of family relationships are explored in the three poems
Compare the ways that the theme of family relationships are explored in the three poems "The Sick Equation", "Looking For Dad", and "Long Distance". Analysing the poems "The Sick Equation" and "Looking for Dad" by Brian Patten, it can be observed that both texts share the theme of loss, family relationships and separation. Another poem with this theme is "Long Distance " by Tony Harrison. In these poems, the writers' feelings and emotions are similarly conveyed through their use of linguistic devices and techniques. Although the poems are alike in theme and meaning, the situations, language, style and structure are very different. The poem "The Sick Equation" relates how the poet missed out on so many opportunities with love in his life, as a result of the influence that his parents' crumbling relationship has had on him. After experiencing his parents' unhappy marriage as a child, he became convinced that every relationship would end up in conflict, misery and hurt. He therefore denies and rejects any love that comes his way. The poem is written in free verse and every alternate line rhymes. Gaps between verses are used to emphasise the passing of time. This reflects how the poet's feeling change in each verse. This particular structure is effective, because it allows it to be more emotional; if it were to rhyme, the emphasis would be more on the words, thought and
Love and loss. The poems that I have chosen to compare and contrast in depth are A Woman to Her Lover by Christina Walsh, How Do I Love Thee? By Elizabeth Barrett Browning and A Birthday by Christina Rossetti.
Explore how love is presented in a variety of Pre-1914 poems In this essay I am going to investigate how several poems from Pre- 1914 convey love and loss. The poems that I have chosen to compare and contrast in depth are A Woman to Her Lover by Christina Walsh, How Do I Love Thee? By Elizabeth Barrett Browning and A Birthday by Christina Rossetti. Women have written all of the main poems that I have selected about autobiographical love and their own experiences of love. How Do I Love Thee? and A Birthday have very traditional views of love and the poems are written in a stereotypical style by women before 1914. The style is structured with a regular rhyming scheme. Walsh's poem, Women to Her lover has a very modern approach to love and her attitude is far beyond the time in which this poem was written. Walsh's poem, Woman to Her Lover, begins with a dramatic question, which is addressed to her lover, "Do you come to me to bend me to your will." This proves to the reader of the poem that Walsh intends to make sure that her views are heard in this relationship and for the readers of this poem when it was written this would be extremely controversial. This is because women were expected to be dutiful to their husbands as they were his property. The fist three stanzas each have a different quality that women were expected to be. The first stanza is about a mother and a
Compare the ways poets have written about love, bringing out different aspects of the theme
Jonathan Richards Romantic love, Physical love, unrequited love, obsessive love.... Compare the ways poets have written about love, bringing out different aspects of the theme. Introduction After reading a substantial number of poems by different poets concerned with love, we can categorise them in their different themes as above. I have chosen 5 of the poems to evaluate and they are as follows: 'The Voice' by Thomas Hardy is about a man who has lost his love and we are led to believe from the text she has died as "now you are not as you were " and "can it be you that I hear " implying it would impossible under normal circumstances to hear her calling to him. Even more evidence is the line "You being ever dissolved to wan wistlessness, Heard no more again far or near." 'The Voice' in my opinion is a sad poem of obsessive love, where the poet can hear his beloved in the wind and how he misses her and wishes she was still with him. Although he is aware that voice he hears may be a figment of his imagination, it also comforts him allowing him to recall happier times when she was alive. The man also says in the last quatrain that "Leaves around me falling" which is trying to tell us that autumn has come and everything is dying. This is a reference to his lost love. The rhyme scheme of 'The Voice' is the first and third lines rhyme, and the second and fourth
Discuss the selection of poems in the love and loss section. Concentrating on two or three poems in particular, What is your reaction to these pre 20th Century works? Are they still relevant in today's society?
Discuss the selection of poems in the love and loss section. Concentrating on two or three poems in particular, What is your reaction to these pre 20th Century works? Are they still relevant in today's society? Love can affect people in many different ways, both mentally and physically, pushing people to emotional boundaries. It can drive us mad and sometimes can even be the making of us. We have looked at a selection of poems that cover the topic love and loss. Some cover the lighter first stages of love, whereas some look at the darker stages, after the initial rush is over or when someone is lost, sometimes in a cruel way or sometimes through sheer boredom! Edith Nesbit wrote about her fantasies in her poem "Villegiature". She gives the impression that her husband has lost interest in her, telling us that he "bores me" and she dreams of a romantic love, that she can indulge herself with whilst she is away from home. The poems written with different meaning have sometimes been written in unconventional ways for the time; others have been written in Petrarchan sonnet form, a very traditional style. Shakespeare used the regular rhythm and iambic pentameter of a sonnet for his work "Sonnet 18." The words describe and compare the subject to things of natural beauty. "Shall I compare thee to a summers day?" The poem written by Christina Rossetti between 1830 and 1894
Critical Analysis:The Good Morrow by John Donne.
Critical Analysis: The Good Morrow by John Donne John Donne was born in 1572 in Elizabethan England into a devout Catholic family. A very religious man, he was persecuted for being Catholic and was not allowed to go to either Oxford or Cambridge to become a priest, so in order to achieve his ambitions he converted to Anglicanism. The priesthood inspired some extraordinary religious verse, but he is, if anything, more commonly known for his love songs and sonnets, which are marked by their diversity of moods and attitudes. Donne is said to be a metaphysical poet. Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy which deals with any matter beyond that which can be located through the senses; thus time, the mind, free will, God and in this case love, are all subjects of metaphysical thought. The Good Morrow is a prime example of one of Donne's metaphysical poems. In common with other metaphysical verse, The Good Morrow has realistic settings and a metaphysical theme, or rather a theme about transcending from the physical to the metaphysical. The transformation is one concerning love; the poem is about transcending from a physical lust to a higher and refined form of love. The structure of The Good Morrow is based on three interrelated verses. In the first verse, the poet describes the childishness of the previous loves of himself and his lover. In the second, the poet describes how
Through a close analysis of language, structure and theme, compare and contrast the poets' attitude to love in
Through a close analysis of language, structure and theme, compare and contrast the poets' attitude to love in "Valentine" and "The Flea". The poem "The Flea" is about a man trying to cunningly argue a woman into bed. John Donne's "The Flea" was a metaphysical poem, written most probably, to entertain an audience of men; this was called a coterie, which was a group of like-minded individuals who cleverly wrote for each other's amusement. This poem was written sometime in the 17th century where religion was extremely important and sex before marriage frowned upon. The poet is exploring ideas and feelings about lust and how unimportant losing virginity is, which a woman will obviously object to. The poem is written in three stanzas, which show the progression of his argument. The regular rhythm and rhyme implies the confidence he has that he will get the woman into bed for his pleasure and the strength in his argument. In each stanza there are three rhyming couplets and a rhyming triplet. This might represent how the flea, the unseen woman and himself are united as one inside the body of the flea. Although, there are a few exceptions, the few half rhymes in each stanza may show his conscience of being gentle and not pushing her too much. The poem has nine lines in each stanza; nine is a multiple of three, which is the number that this poem seems to circle around. This,
Compare and contrast at least three of the poems you have studied on the theme of love and loss; show in particular how the poets have used language and form to express these ideas.
Compare and contrast at least three of the poems you have studied on the theme of love and loss; show in particular how the poets have used language and form to express these ideas. 'How Do I Love Thee?' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and 'Remember' by Christina Rossetti are both sonnets sharing the theme of Love and Loss but approaching it from a different view. 'How Do I Love Thee' is a petrachian sonnet written by a famous poet of that time Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Born in 1806, Elizabeth Barrett Browning was a female author in the mid 1800's. Browning's "Sonnets from the Portuguese" was published in two volumes titled Poems. "How do I love Thee?" is sonnet number XLIII from that work, published in 1850 (Browning 1). 'How Do I Love Thee?' expresses the theme of love in an undying manner. It portrays deep ethereal love that a woman has for her lover. This poem uses many poetic devices to express the perpetual love of the lover. It uses emotive language to depict the passion and depth of their love. 'Remember' is also a petrachian sonnet written by Christina Rossetti. Christina Rossetti (1830-94) is a passionate and powerful English Poet. She was a devout Anglican and lived the last fifteen years of her life as a recluse in her home. Many of her poems are religious, some melancholy and death-obsessed. Possessing a spontaneous lyrical gift, she had a firm command of