Modern Love George Meredith “Modern Love.” The term brings to mind the changing dynamic of today’s society. This change has been present for decades and continues on to this day. In George Meredith’s poem he illiterates the negative impact of this change in a case that could encompass so many couples; the pain of a loveless marriage. Through his use of diction‚ and metaphor Meredith show the pain and heartache of two people being so close‚ yet so emotionally distant. The first line of the
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Love is philosophized and debated by some of the greatest minds from the past and present alike. Various works of art‚ stories‚ and poems have attempted to convey the feeling or essence of love to make the idea of it more tangible. In Modern Love by George Meredith‚ Meredith utilizes metaphors and imagery to portray a couple in love in the modern day. The use of metaphors in his poem is specifically used to convey the irony of love itself. By comparing the couple to traditionally negative ideas
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marry rich.” The story took place in the latter quarter of the 1700s but even nearly a century later‚ those societal standards had failed to change. In his poetic sequence Modern Love‚ George Meredith paints a scathing picture of “modern love‚” critiquing it as a facade belying the fact that marriages contained little real love in his time and were‚ more properly‚ societally obligated inescapable contracts that brought misery to husbands and wives alike through their frequent pairing of people‚ not
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equality‚ whether it was simply to vote in an election‚ or to play in an all males sports team. I believe years of relentless fighting for woman’s rights have paid off‚ and an Universtiy such as Meredith exemplifies just how far the world has come to accepting woman’s rights. Universities such as Meredith can help a woman focus more‚ which can in turn help her future. That is what America is known for; everyone obtains equal opportunities to get an education and become successful if they work hard
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Modern Love The poem conveys a view of modern love as suffering when the love is not true. Through out the poem‚ the author George Meredith uses diction‚ imagery‚ and metaphor to show a pathetic situation of a husband and wife who have lived together without true love. Toward the end of the poem‚ the relationship between the husband and wife seems worse and even hopeless. The poem begins with the husband’s realization of his wife’s sadness in line 1‚ "By this he knew she wept with waking eyes"
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Literature 24 September 2012 Despairing Companionship “Modern Love‚” a poetic sequence by George Meredith‚ describes a skeptical opinion on the idea of modern love. Meredith’s devastating tone‚ complex similes and metaphors‚ and dark imagery convey a sad and regretful outlook on the love of this time. “Modern Love” is riddled with a tone full of regret and heartache‚ making this modern love seem more like the opposite of love. The speaker says “she wept with waking eyes” and her “strange
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Holliday 4/14/12 Modern Poetry Final Essay Defining Modern Poetry Defining modern poetry isn’t an easy thing to do. Modern Poetry can be defined as having open or free verse‚ borrowing from other cultures and languages‚ formal characteristics‚ and breaking down social norms and cultures‚ among other things. However modern poetry is so much more than that. It’s hard to define the limit of the modern age so writing about modern poets isn’t an easy
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For the Love of Poetry As once said by prominent activist Helen Keller‚ “the best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched—they must be felt with the heart.” One of the few things that can’t be touched but experienced with the heart is poetry. Just as poetry is embraced on a more powerful level with the heart‚ so is the universal concept of love. And although love can come in a combination of ways whether it be between a child and a mother‚ an old withered couple
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Rhetorical Analysis of Love Poems The two poems “Magic of Love” by Helen Farries and “Love Poem” by John Frederick Nims are both poems with the central theme of love. The ways that these two authors express this theme differ significantly from each other and show two spectrums of love in literature. Through their use of syntax‚ diction‚ rhyme‚ and meter‚ these poets portray love in a unique and personal manner that illicit specific emotions from the reader for a variety of possible reasons‚ which
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her feet. They are so in love‚ so adoring of each other. The perfect courtship is quickly followed by the perfect wedding‚ thereupon the perfect couple creates the perfect life together. The wondrous dream of the "happily ever after" is one hidden deep in everyone. Although‚ the dreamy‚ vain quest for this perfect life mostly results in pretense‚ lying‚ and ceases in complete unhappiness. In George Meredith’s poem from Modern Love‚ the speaker conveys a kind of love that is very grim. Both characters
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