Have you ever met someone you swore was the love of your life? Did you see the stars in their eyes? Was every second of your life filled with joy because you thought of them? Everything was great…until it ended. It was unexpected. Not only was your heart broken, but you began to despise someone you thought you’d always love. Not everyone has a positive experience with love, sadly. William Shakespeare uses personification to help add to the fact that he was going mad. Browning uses imagery to paint you a picture on how beautiful love is. Although both writers use figurative language exceptionally to express their opinions on love, Shakespeare is more persuasive when it comes to his stance.
Stephen R. Covey, an American author, once said “Our
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Then the pain, instead of late night chats, it was tears. Kisses in the moonlight suddenly became long walks alone in the dark wondering what went wrong. Your appetite seemed to flee our life…just like your lover did. Shakespeare saw both sides of love, and the dark side of it affected him more. He is going mad with these thoughts in his head. He uses personification to show that his reason, now his doctor, will not permit him to be so wrapped up in this charade of love any longer. In lines 5-8, it states, “My reason, the physician to my love, Hath left me, and I desperate now approve Desire is death, which physic did except.” Browning merely speaks of the good side of love. In lines 12-14 it states, “And this…this lute and song…loved yesterday, (The singing angels know) are only dear Because thy name moves right in what they say.” Not everyone has a positive experience with love. Albeit she does express her sentiments rather nicely, not everyone has a fairy tale ending. For this reason, I believe Shakespeare’s use of figurative language about his views on love are more persuasive than that of