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A Comparison Of Love In Poetry

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“Love is in the air, every sight and every sound” John Paul Young sings, “in the whisper of the trees, […], in the thunder of the sea”. I chose poems by Romantic poets, which have the word « love » in their titles. I thought it would be interesting to compare those poems, to see the kind of love they are dealing with, either with love for someone or just the feeling of love itself. I decided to use poems from the Romantic era, since love is discussed a lot in this period. In addition, I wanted to use only one specific period because when there is a change of movement in literature, it often implies a change in the way the poets write. Here, I wanted to compare poems that are “supposed” to be written in the same style and see if there are any differences. …show more content…

Is nature as involved in the poems as it is in the song “the whisper of the trees” “the thunder of the sea” ? . The following poems will be discussed in this essay : “I loved you first” by Christina Rossetti, “Song of a secret love” and “First love” by John Clare, “Love 's philosophy” by Percy B. Shelley, “Life in a love” by Robert Browning, “The presence of love” by Samuel T. Coleridge, “Oh, come to me in dreams, my love” by Mary Shelley and “How do I love thee” by Elizabeth Barrett

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