Compare How the Theme of Love Is Presented in a Selection of Pre-1914 Poetry
Compare how the theme of love is presented in a selection of pre-1914 poetry
The theme of love is a universal, timeless issue that has always been discussed and forever will be. People are searching for the true meaning of love and how it is different from person to person and from race to race. Everyone is amazed by how love can make people experience so many emotions and how love can bring sadness and happiness and confusion. ‘La Belle Dame Sans Merci’ By John Keats and ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ by Robert Browning for example both share the common theme of love, both lovers had to depart their loved ones whether due to societal pressures or due to the fact that the lover is from a different world. However the idea of women having power is portrayed in ‘La Belle Dame Sans Merci’ in which an enchanting feminine figure causes the death of a powerful knight by enchanting and poisoning him. ‘Remember’ by Cristina Rosetti wants her lover to remember her but not to mourn her, however in both ‘Remember’ and ‘Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day’ both are addressing their loved ones in time of need and emotion. On a more cheerful, celebratory tone of love ‘Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s day’ by William Shakespeare and ‘How Do I Love Thee’ by Barret Browning, both lovers seem to worship their lover and they have written these poems to show their adoration and appreciation.
In keeping with the Victorian traditions ‘Porphyria’s Lover’, ‘How Do I Love Thee’ and ‘Remember’ all adapt a reflective and melancholic tone which draws upon the characteristics of the past time. All poems have a mention of the darker subject like death or unexplained love. All three poems have a serious tone and cover the theme of alienation and isolation. ‘La Belle Dame Sans Merci’ is a romantics poem that portrays live of beauty and nature, things which could not be described simply by scientific terms. The poem has an emphasis on feeling, intuition and imagination over reason, there is
The theme of love is a universal, timeless issue that has always been discussed and forever will be. People are searching for the true meaning of love and how it is different from person to person and from race to race. Everyone is amazed by how love can make people experience so many emotions and how love can bring sadness and happiness and confusion. ‘La Belle Dame Sans Merci’ By John Keats and ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ by Robert Browning for example both share the common theme of love, both lovers had to depart their loved ones whether due to societal pressures or due to the fact that the lover is from a different world. However the idea of women having power is portrayed in ‘La Belle Dame Sans Merci’ in which an enchanting feminine figure causes the death of a powerful knight by enchanting and poisoning him. ‘Remember’ by Cristina Rosetti wants her lover to remember her but not to mourn her, however in both ‘Remember’ and ‘Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day’ both are addressing their loved ones in time of need and emotion. On a more cheerful, celebratory tone of love ‘Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s day’ by William Shakespeare and ‘How Do I Love Thee’ by Barret Browning, both lovers seem to worship their lover and they have written these poems to show their adoration and appreciation.
In keeping with the Victorian traditions ‘Porphyria’s Lover’, ‘How Do I Love Thee’ and ‘Remember’ all adapt a reflective and melancholic tone which draws upon the characteristics of the past time. All poems have a mention of the darker subject like death or unexplained love. All three poems have a serious tone and cover the theme of alienation and isolation. ‘La Belle Dame Sans Merci’ is a romantics poem that portrays live of beauty and nature, things which could not be described simply by scientific terms. The poem has an emphasis on feeling, intuition and imagination over reason, there is