Love Poem
Critical Essay:4
Love Poem: Linda Pastan
Have you ever been in love? Do you even know what love is? Love is a feeling
that at times can feel indescribable. It makes you do crazy things. Love makes you blind
and no matter your circumstances with that person, if you love them you will go that
extra mile for them. In this essay I will talk about the “Love Poem” by Linda Pastan. In
the following paragraphs I will go in depth and break down the poems to help understand
the root of the poem.
Love Poem was written by Linda Pastan. Linda was born in New York on May 27,
1932. Today, she is known for writing short poems on topics like family life, domesticity,
motherhood, the female experience, aging, death, as well as the fragility of life and
relationships.
Love Poem suggests describes love in such a form that it makes you think its
describing the art and craft. Thesis poem expresses the desire to write a love poem. Also
the desire to express the writers love for someone. Throughout the poem Linda uses
appropriate metaphors and means of expression. Just like in the poem, the action that it
represents suggest to readers the kind of desire between the lovers.
When I first read the poem I was confused and lost. After reading the poem a few
times I realized that the theme to this poem is a “nature theme” due to how she uses bits
of nature to get her point across .Being that it was a “nature theme” throughout the poem
describe the rush of sensations which the young couple is experiencing Linda used words
like headlong, creek, and leafs. In lines 2-4 “a love poem as headlong as our creek after
thaw” “our” signifies that this couple has been together for quite some time. Later in lines
5-7 “when we stand on
Love Poem: Linda Pastan
Have you ever been in love? Do you even know what love is? Love is a feeling
that at times can feel indescribable. It makes you do crazy things. Love makes you blind
and no matter your circumstances with that person, if you love them you will go that
extra mile for them. In this essay I will talk about the “Love Poem” by Linda Pastan. In
the following paragraphs I will go in depth and break down the poems to help understand
the root of the poem.
Love Poem was written by Linda Pastan. Linda was born in New York on May 27,
1932. Today, she is known for writing short poems on topics like family life, domesticity,
motherhood, the female experience, aging, death, as well as the fragility of life and
relationships.
Love Poem suggests describes love in such a form that it makes you think its
describing the art and craft. Thesis poem expresses the desire to write a love poem. Also
the desire to express the writers love for someone. Throughout the poem Linda uses
appropriate metaphors and means of expression. Just like in the poem, the action that it
represents suggest to readers the kind of desire between the lovers.
When I first read the poem I was confused and lost. After reading the poem a few
times I realized that the theme to this poem is a “nature theme” due to how she uses bits
of nature to get her point across .Being that it was a “nature theme” throughout the poem
describe the rush of sensations which the young couple is experiencing Linda used words
like headlong, creek, and leafs. In lines 2-4 “a love poem as headlong as our creek after
thaw” “our” signifies that this couple has been together for quite some time. Later in lines
5-7 “when we stand on