In the short story “A Bolt of White Cloth,” Leon Rooke develops on the idea that love is a weakness that clouds and blinds the thoughts. The woman is intrigued by the travellers cloth and does not notice that she is being blinded by it. She does not notice her husband and is so in love with her new cloth that everything else fades away. “You could have knocked me over with a feather when she up and kissed him full on the mouth, with a nice hug to boot.” (Page 60).
She, herself, testified that, "I would give up the unessential; I would give my money, I would give my life for my children; but I wouldn't give myself” (Chopin 64). This attitude of focusing of herself shows how she put those who needed her most behind her desires.
Romance comes in all different forms and sizes, and Calbert understands that along with these she apprends why people fall in and out of love. Falling in love has a sense of vulnerability that requires taking risks that people are “willing to fail, / why we will still let ourselves fall in love,” in order to sustain real love. Calbert ends her poem with listing the romances with her husband and vows, “knowing nothing other than [their] love” because that is all that matters to her
With such beauty and grace the lady confesses her love and desire for him instantly becoming love struck "that burned and set fire to his heart" (line 119). "If it pleased you, if you such joy might be mine that you would love me, there is nothing you might command, within my power, that I would not do, whether foolish or wise. I shall obey your command; for you, I shall abandon everyone. I want never to leave you. That is what I most desire" (lines 121-130).
In Kim Addonizio’s poem, 31-Year Old Lover, Addonizio introduces two characters, a 31-year old man and an older woman. At first I thought the man was her lover but really the 31-year old man is just someone who has a nice body as Addonizio describes in the poem and as the author portrays the older woman in the poem as being young and it is her way to contrast it with the process of the woman becoming old and weary. The last line in the poem Addonizio says to do with aging is, “I am going to have it back the only way I can” (1398), and it seems the only way she can get her youth back is trying to take his youth by sleeping with him. Addonizio, views the male body in a sexual way that as Addonizio quotes, “When he takes off his clothes/ the milky, lubricious of butter being unwrapped/ when its take from the fridge still hard”. (1398)
In the novel, Son of a Trickster written by Eden Robinson, Maggie Moody is Jared’s mother, one of the main characters. Maggie’s personality and actions can be demonstrated by the title, lyrics and genre of Bon Jovi’s song “You Give Love a Bad Name” released in 1986. The title refers to a relationship between two people. It is reflected in all of the bad relationships that Maggie has had with boyfriends and certain members of her family, such as Anita Moody, her mother. Her romantic relationships have proven to be toxic and abusive and her relationship with her mother was filled with hatred as Anita would call Jared a Trickster growing up.
“To lay down for my God, and, my people, my honour and my blood even in the dust”. She uses imagery here to stand her point that this is her kingdom. Queen Elizabeth is stating that her God is the same God as her peoples. She is saying that she is the queen and she will do what it takes to protect the people no matter what it takes. “I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too”.
Baltasar's features flitted between emotions as he processed Eileánóir’s words regarding his father's visit. She could not deny that his reaction had not been what she expected, and so she watched him carefully, allowing him time to think. When he released her and lowered himself back to the ground, staring at the yurt's ceiling with awed surprise, she leaned forward, hovering over him to give him a soft smile. Despite her reservations regarding Kochi, she was glad that the news had brought Baltasar some joy. When he inquired about taking meal together, Eileánóir simply leaned forward and kissed him deeply once again in reply.
She is calling him a coward to his face, and telling him that he isn’t brave enough to do what is necessary to achieve the throne. She belittles him by calling him names multiple times, making him think that if he doesn’t kill the king then he really is a
Jane Smiley, born in Los Angeles California, she spent her childhood growing up in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburban city in St. Louis, Smiley graduated from a Community School, and went to a private school in Missouri, John Burroughs School from grades 7-12. She held a Bachelor’s degree in Arts and literature at Vassar College in 1971. She earned a Master’s degree in Fine Arts in 1975, and in 1978 a PhD from the University of Iowa. While pushing herself towards achieving her doctorate degree, she also spent a year studying abroad in Iceland as a Fulbright Scholar. She became a Professor of English at Iowa State University, helping and guiding undergraduate and graduate creative writing workshops in 1981 to 1996.
Poetry is an art form that allows poets to express their thoughts, feelings, and past experiences through a creative media in writing from an array of backgrounds. The following three poems focus on the character with drawing within themselves in order to face the situation at hand with different results. “Red Blushed and All Cut Up” by Pail McCann documents the essence of being within an embarrassing situation. In this poem the character relies on inner dialogue to convey their desire to leave the situation. McCann adds irony, humor, and imagery to illustrate the character while adding end stops to the dialogue to demonstrate their frantic being.
The vivid imagery in Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” and Anne Bradstreet’s “To My Dear and Loving Husband” shows love in bloom, love languishing and love lost in two different ways. Bradstreet’s poem is from a wife to her husband about their love and how great it is in her eyes. It is more of a bragging and show off way to show their love. On the other hand, Marvell’s poem takes a more admiring tone to it.
The narrator continues with the metaphors, explaining that their partner “fell in love” with being with them, and how the narrator does not particularly like
Sex without love is actually an act of loneliness, in which those who partake are seeking pleasure rather than true intimacy. The speaker in Sharon Olds’ poem “Sex Without Love” introduces this idea through several metaphors that help to communicate the irresponsibility and selfishness of sex without love. After the first reading of this poem, it seems as if the text is describing loveless sex with beautiful imagery, however, upon further analysis, it is found that these images are being used to highlight the issues pertaining to those who perform acts of love without actually feeling any love for those they perform these acts with. Through the imagery and metaphors presented, the poem enforces the idea that to have sex with those we don’t love is to deprive ourselves of the true intimacy that is involved in having sex with those that we do love. Olds’ poem begins with a question, “How do they do it?
Love and relationship between man and woman has been the focal point of countless literary works, music pieces and other art objects since times immemorial. Depending on the personal experience and worldview of the author, the feeling of love has been interpreted in many individual ways. Consequently, to find two masterpieces which depict love similarly seems inconceivable. The texts under analysis – J.L. Borges’ “What can I hold you with?” and the song “Anything for Your Love” by E. Clapton – although written by two contemporary artists and elaborating the image of love, produce an absolutely different effect on the reader.
