How is Love and Hate presented in 2 Pre and 2 Post 1914 poems?

In a similar way, Sonnet 130 by Shakespeare which is meant to be a poem about love and affection ironically insults the person who is the centre of topic. The quote “Coral is far more red than her lips” shows that even though Shakespeare has involved most of the elements of a romantic poem in terms of comparison of one to nature and natural elements, it also insults her as Shakespeare is trying to imply that coral is better than the lady’s lips. Alternatively, perhaps Shakespeare is insulting the lady with an intension of teasing her with the idea that it would provoke their love even further.

On the other hand, the poem On my first Sonne shows a strong affection from a father towards his son lamenting losing his son to death. It opens up with “...thou child of my right hand...” which could suggest the idea of a son being a right hand of his father in terms of the fact that one day a son has to take over the responsibilities of a father. It could also connote the presence of good because the right (or the right hand in this matter) is representative of good and left is represents the evil, so perhaps the poet is implying that because his son has passed away, there’s no good present in his life anymore.

In a similar manner, the poem ‘Mother any distance...’ also features the theme of love between a parent and a child. The poem has 3 stanzas with the first 2 stanzas having 4 lines each and the last stanza having 7 lines. This could symbolise that perhaps the love and the bond between the mother and the son is growing or expanding. On the other hand, it could also imply the distance between the mother and the son, perhaps they were closer before as compared to the present (the last stanza) where they have sort of grown apart because of the circumstances or the decisions made by the son. In my opinion, this distance can be either physical, mental or in terms of a parent child bonding, it’s completely up to the interpretation of a reader but I believe that it’s more likely to be the distance in terms of mental and physical distance.