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 Select Three Poems And Compare Each Poet’s View On Love

Love poetry is an expression of a poet's real emotions. It's a way a expressing your emotions without actually talking to anyone. I believe that love is a feeling that is needed to be human, without it there would be emptiness, and loneliness in our hearts, and is the key to survival in life. Whilst some individuals may believe that love has nothing to do with us being engaged in a relationship with someone, but by their physical appearance. However that might partially true I think that also a common interest has to be shared. The definition for Love in the Oxford dictionary is, ‘feeling a strong emotional, and sexual attraction’ to someone. It is a feeling that cannot be fully described in words, but by an invisible bond that connects that special someone to you.

In this essay I will be explore the view of love from different poets. The three poems I will be comparing are, ‘First Love’ by John Clare, ‘Villegiature’ by Edith Nesbit, and ‘A Woman to her Lover’ by Christina Walsh. I will compare each poets view on love by examining the subject, tone, imagery, form, and feelings used by the poets.

At the beginning of ‘First Love’ John Clare tells us his feelings of his unrequited experience at the sight of his first love. He tells us his feelings by making us imagine that the reader is him by using a happy tone. The poet describes the girl he loves as, ‘love so sudden and so sweet’ to emphasise the perfection of her beauty. Every line makes me believe that the situation John’s in is very realistic, and it helps us understand his reaction towards love. Whereas in ‘Vigillature’ Nesbit is expressing her feelings towards love as a more of disgust, and that love is something that is a waste of time. Also, ‘what pretty things you said’ Nesbit’s explanation of love is that how when given the right mood, location or state of mind we can sometimes forget what we really think and feel.

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However in A ‘Woman To Her Lover’ Christina Walsh if expressing her herself by saying that she is, ‘no doll to dress and sit for feeble worship’, meaning that she is not a trophy wife who is only there to be looked at, and not listened to. Her meaning o love is easily interpreted in the poem as she says to her lover that she wants to, ‘live and work, to love and die’ together, but will not let herself fall in love unless her lover agrees to these conditions.

Each poet is talking about different types of love ...

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