The Yin and Yang of Love Gione Wrong
The Yin and Yang of Love Gone Wrong
Damon M. L. Domke, Sr.
ENG/125
June 4, 2012
Adeleke Adeeko, PhD
The Yin and Yang of Love Gone Wrong
Love Song
If you were drowning, I’d come to the rescue, wrap you in my blanket and pour hot tea.
If I were a sheriff, I’d arrest you and keep you in the cell under lock and key.
If you were a bird, I ‘d cut a record and listen all night long to your high-pitched trill.
If I were a sergeant, you’d be my recruit, and boy i can assure you you’d love the drill.
If you were Chinese, I’d learn the languages, burn a lot of incense, wear funny clothes.
If you were a mirror, I’d storm the Ladies, give you my red lipstick and puff your nose.
If you loved volcanoes, I’d be lava renlentlessly erupting from my hidden source.
And if you were my wife, I’d be your lover because the church is firmly against divorce.
Joseph Brodsky’s poem, “Love Song” is a poem that describes the essence of what love is for the reader: A Man will do anything for his love. The opening line of the poem illustrates his feelings:
“If you were drowning, I’d come to your rescue, Wrap you in my blanket and pour hot tea” (Barnet, Cain, & Burto, 2005, p. 734). There is always a song of love, which emanates from man’s heart, hence the title of the poem, “Love Song.”
Countless times throughout the ages, man has fallen in love with a woman and he can think of nothing but of his love. When Cupid’s proverbial arrow strikes the heart of a man, the very thoughts of the object of his affection take him to places unknown. His mind will ramble on in the endless daydreaming when he is lost in sea of love. Many times however, he searches for a way to keep his love forever. ‘Like a bird in a cage, his love will endure forever,’ is an adequate simile to explain how I interpret what Brodsky’s was attempting to illustrate in this poem.
Joseph Brodsky uses the literary convention and poetic device of imagery to show his feelings of
Damon M. L. Domke, Sr.
ENG/125
June 4, 2012
Adeleke Adeeko, PhD
The Yin and Yang of Love Gone Wrong
Love Song
If you were drowning, I’d come to the rescue, wrap you in my blanket and pour hot tea.
If I were a sheriff, I’d arrest you and keep you in the cell under lock and key.
If you were a bird, I ‘d cut a record and listen all night long to your high-pitched trill.
If I were a sergeant, you’d be my recruit, and boy i can assure you you’d love the drill.
If you were Chinese, I’d learn the languages, burn a lot of incense, wear funny clothes.
If you were a mirror, I’d storm the Ladies, give you my red lipstick and puff your nose.
If you loved volcanoes, I’d be lava renlentlessly erupting from my hidden source.
And if you were my wife, I’d be your lover because the church is firmly against divorce.
Joseph Brodsky’s poem, “Love Song” is a poem that describes the essence of what love is for the reader: A Man will do anything for his love. The opening line of the poem illustrates his feelings:
“If you were drowning, I’d come to your rescue, Wrap you in my blanket and pour hot tea” (Barnet, Cain, & Burto, 2005, p. 734). There is always a song of love, which emanates from man’s heart, hence the title of the poem, “Love Song.”
Countless times throughout the ages, man has fallen in love with a woman and he can think of nothing but of his love. When Cupid’s proverbial arrow strikes the heart of a man, the very thoughts of the object of his affection take him to places unknown. His mind will ramble on in the endless daydreaming when he is lost in sea of love. Many times however, he searches for a way to keep his love forever. ‘Like a bird in a cage, his love will endure forever,’ is an adequate simile to explain how I interpret what Brodsky’s was attempting to illustrate in this poem.
Joseph Brodsky uses the literary convention and poetic device of imagery to show his feelings of
References: Barnet, S., Cain, W. E., & Burto, W. (2005). Literature for Composition (9th ed.).