Comparison Of Love Poetry: Essay -- English Literature

Comparison Of have it away verseRememberby Christina Rossetti, How Do I Love Thee? by ElizabethBarrett Browning and When We Two split by captain ByronThe three poems, Remember by Christina Rossetti How Do I warmth Thee?by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and When We Two Parted by manufacturing business Byron,each explore bed and loss in their own laughable ways. Remember is, asexpected from the title, a solemn lament which is a farewell praise toher treasured one. How Do I Love Thee? is once again a sonnet of love butis of a love that is arrange and hopefully will remain forever. Thethird poem that will be examined is When We Two Parted which tells ofa unconnected secret love that has left(p) a scar on Lord Byrons life.Elizabeth Barrett Brownings impressive How Do I Love Thee? is, as youmight suppose, a poem describing the extent of the authors love ofher partner. It is one of her Sonnets from the Portuguese which werewritten in her Italian days at the Casa Guidi. Like many of them HowDo I Love Thee? takes the form of a patriarchal sonnet which is the around common sonnet form and is for the most part the more appropriateform for love poetry over the English or Shakespearian sonnet or theSpenserian sonnet. Using sonnet form, you would expect the change intone after the first eight-spot but in this the change is less pronouncedwith a penetrating change to a graver side of love. Though it is so minimise it could be debated that it isnt there at all.The second poem to be analysed is Lord Byrons When We Two Parted.This is written from a different perspective to How Do I Love Thee?where the relationship has ended and his feelings can be simply shownin language. The overriding tone is one of hostility and bitternesstowards his pas... ... love ina different way, Remember shows it as a platonic love between friendswhere it is going away. When We Two Parted tells the story of a lostlove edged with the feelings of bitterness that come with an endedrelationship and How Do I Love Thee? recounts an absolute love that isflawless and perfect in every way. The presentation of loss in How DoI Love Thee? is virtually non-existent with only one mention where thelove will wax stronger after death. In When We Two Parted loss is themain infrastructure of the poem and is shown as a very grave matter that is nongood for any person. Remember shows loss differently as though itisnt necessarily an awful thing. It isnt good but you cannot dwellon it, you must(prenominal) move on and live your life. Ultimately, love and losscan be presented in many different ways and these poems show us well-nighof these ways very well.