Discuss the Theme of Love and Longing in the Poems You Have Studied.
Discuss the theme of love and longing in the poems you have studied.
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Poetry enables a writer to express his or her feelings. Like painting or music it is an art, an art that supplies the reader with an insight to the poet’s mind. Poetry is a response and an evaluation of the author’s world and life. A poem can represent sorrow, joy, love, anger, despair, or it can simply be a reflection of an event or memory. Poems frequently have hidden meanings, but many are simple and clear. They demonstrate in a unique way how it feels, for example, to be in love, to watch a sunset, or to stand by someone’s deathbed.
The poems I have chosen to study are Bronte’s “Remembrance”, Matthew Arnold’s “Longing” and W.H. Auden’s “Funeral Blues.” All three poets express their feelings of losing a loved one. They describe their experience and the desire to have them back. The pre nineteenth century poems give me the impression of a craving to be with their departed partner. However Bronte’s poem suggests that she wants to die to be with her loved one, whereas Arnold’s poem shows that he wants to be with his beloved in dreams. They are both enchanting poems because of the figurative language used. Auden’s poem, written in the twentieth century, is representative of a more realistic approach to the experiences than the poet’s who write pre nineteenth century. It demonstrates despair but without the idealistic depiction of a desire to be reunited with the lover. “Remembrance” by Emily Bronte was written in the 1820’s. She was born in 1918, in the small village of Haworth on the wild and bleak Yorkshire moors, she died in 1948. Although her life was relatively short she is an unforgettable author and poet. The very title “Remembrance” portrays reflection and nostalgia. It sets the tone- lonely and sorrowful. We acknowledge that it is about recalling good and bad times and also that it is about keeping something alive- just from the title. It is
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Poetry enables a writer to express his or her feelings. Like painting or music it is an art, an art that supplies the reader with an insight to the poet’s mind. Poetry is a response and an evaluation of the author’s world and life. A poem can represent sorrow, joy, love, anger, despair, or it can simply be a reflection of an event or memory. Poems frequently have hidden meanings, but many are simple and clear. They demonstrate in a unique way how it feels, for example, to be in love, to watch a sunset, or to stand by someone’s deathbed.
The poems I have chosen to study are Bronte’s “Remembrance”, Matthew Arnold’s “Longing” and W.H. Auden’s “Funeral Blues.” All three poets express their feelings of losing a loved one. They describe their experience and the desire to have them back. The pre nineteenth century poems give me the impression of a craving to be with their departed partner. However Bronte’s poem suggests that she wants to die to be with her loved one, whereas Arnold’s poem shows that he wants to be with his beloved in dreams. They are both enchanting poems because of the figurative language used. Auden’s poem, written in the twentieth century, is representative of a more realistic approach to the experiences than the poet’s who write pre nineteenth century. It demonstrates despair but without the idealistic depiction of a desire to be reunited with the lover. “Remembrance” by Emily Bronte was written in the 1820’s. She was born in 1918, in the small village of Haworth on the wild and bleak Yorkshire moors, she died in 1948. Although her life was relatively short she is an unforgettable author and poet. The very title “Remembrance” portrays reflection and nostalgia. It sets the tone- lonely and sorrowful. We acknowledge that it is about recalling good and bad times and also that it is about keeping something alive- just from the title. It is