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This book report is an analysis of the Egyptian Love Poem [ My god, my Lotus…], from the book, The Norton Anthology of World Literature, Volume A. Egyptian Love Poems date back to 1300-1100 B.C.E., they were written on papyri, potsherd, and flakes of limestone. Papyri are a sheet-like material that was made out of pithy stems from a water plant. Which was used to write or paint on in the ancient Mediterranean world, potsherd is pieces of broken ceramic material. The lovers in Egyptian Love Poems are young and tend to be under parental supervision, half the poem is spoken by the girl and the other half by the boy. [ My god, my Lotus…] uses imagery to describe the desires of love and how different types of love function within modern societies. This poem displays different perspectives of love and the reality of how love is viewed in most civilizations. Readers will learn that love is not exclusive to men and women, and how different forms of love can lead them to overcoming life obstacles.

Love is one of the most indescribable concepts that exist in one’s life experiences. Some argue that love is one of the most important things to have in life, which can shape and mold one’s interpretation of the world. Others may claim that love is an illusion, which serves as a distraction preventing individuals from being enlightened. The interpretation of love could be ambiguous, but the important thing is that love is very powerful and can severely affect an individual’s behavior, expectations in life, and sole responsibilities. Many writers have written about the power of love. Some of these works include, “The Love Suicides at Amijima”, “Death Constant Beyond Love”, and “Gilgamesh”. The most distinctive and comprehensive story involving

In the poems “Pamphillia to Amphilanthus” and “I… and Your Eyes,” there are similarities and differences. The poems are both about love. The poems have different perspectives on how they view love. The poems have the same subject, but in contrast have differences of how the subject is viewed. The poems’ styles and theme also have differences and similarities. Love is perceived differently in each poem.

In the Egyptian love poems, it is apparent that both the boy and the girl long for their lover when they’re away. In ‘Seven whole days’ the boy talks about how when his love is away he feels ill and no medicine or magic can make him better, only the sight and presence of his beloved can cure him. While in ‘Am I not here with you’ the girl speaks about her worry that the boy will leave once morning comes because food will be more important to him than the girl’s love and whatever relationship they

Kooser’s theme in this poem is about love can overcome sickness or the strong love inside the family bond nothing can block the love away. Love is one of the element to make human’s relationship strong. Love is unconditional, valuable, and unpayable. Love can only occur sincerely from the bottom of our

In this poem, she expresses her love, through heart smoldering words, which could be felt through her speech act of exhortation. She appeared optimistic, about the continuity of her friendship and love with her lover. Her disposition in this literary act, unveiled her temperament. She favors romance and sexual intrigue. Her style of thought here, is intuitive and realistic because she talks about a tangible subject matter. She touches and holds the love she feels for her man friend with her words. This poem also appeals to the reader’s intellect and emotions because of her soft and emotional tone. Her words are not ambiguous or obfuscating. They have clear meaning, and are written in plain tense, which makes it easy to read and understand. Her poem is also built on comparison; she compares being lovers and friends, to memories shared, love made, tears shared and the significance of her romance with her lover. The poem lacked some rhyme scheme and imagery, however, it is divided into quadrant stanzas and follows a repetition of syntactical structures. Both capitalization and punctuations are present. This is a great poem that expresses the symbolic meaning of love and friendship. She teaches that, love is not based on sexual intercourse or transient things, but upon the love that we have,

Both the Song of Songs and Sappho’s love poems stem from the core concept of the overall intimacy and indescribable nature of love. Both reach to describe love by comparing to the beauty of nature and the underlying feelings presented by nature; however, the two differ in their specific context of love. The Song of Songs covers what would be today called the “honeymoon phase” where the love is sweet, perfect and what the world envisions, whereas Sappho takes the melancholic side of love, focused on entrapment, and overall heartbreak. These differences create completely different stories of love, one of life long happiness, and one of chasing love.

If I should stay, I'll only be in your way, so I'll go, but I know I'll think of you every step of the way. Now everybody asks me why I'm smiling out from ear to ear. They say love hurts but I know It's gonna take a little work Nothing's perfect, but it's worth it after fighting through my tears this is the year for new beginning. The authors of the poems, “A Simile” and “Moon Rondeau” compare the steps of a relationship by using symbolism, analogy and imagery.

The word "wanton" is the first of three words that she uses in this poem that dramatically affect the tone of the poem. The Oxford English Dictionary defines "wanton" as being unruly, rebellious, and unmanageable. This definition is followed by another that has a relatively different meaning which is to describe someone or something that is dainty, fastidious, and playful. To place these definitions inside the poem, the reader can come out with two separate meanings to these first lines. One could take the first, which would mean that this relationship is peaceful and manageable. It is not out of control. By the second definition, however, the relationship is also not dainty, fastidious, or playful.

The Lais of Marie de France are a collection of poems that tell enchanting stories of handsome knights, kings, queens, and romance. Although the lais varied in content; love is the common theme in each of the lais. Since, love is the center theme of the lais it is important to define the term. According to the article, The Social Psychology of Love and Attraction romantic love is defined as, “a love that is supposed to stand the test of time, enduring all hardship. Romantic love emphasizes being in love with a certain individual” (Braxton-Davis 1). In the lais Marie de France, their a conflict between love, marriage, and moral responsibility.

There are numerous fundamental feelings that structure the building squares of our lives. These feelings help to shape the individuals that we are. These emotions are enthusiastic necessities to eventually keep us euphoric. No bit of writing these emotions more apparent than the Odyssey by Homer. All through the course of this book there is one major enthusiastic subject: love.

A poem is a piece of writing that partakes of the nature of both speech and song that is nearly always rhythmical, usually metaphorical, and that often exhibits such formal elements as meter, rhyme, and stanza structure. In her poem, “Variations of the Word ‘“love”’,” Margaret Atwood introduces to her audience the word “love” from many different perspectives. Google defines “love” as “an intense feeling of deep affection”, or “having a deep feeling or sexual attachment to (someone).” But “love” is not something that can easily be described. Atwood goes on to present and portray the word through different illustrations, beginning with cliché examples and ending with her own personal scenarios. The author’s tone and metaphorical language effectively conveys her perspective of “love”.

Love can give you both meaning and destruction. In the novel Kokoro author Natsume Soseki writes a novel showing the meaning of feeling, love , and freindship. In the novel there is a narrator who is not named and a man named Sensei; as the book progresses one sees the narrator becoming attached to Sensei in a overly attached way. One goes through seeing the narrator following Sensei everywhere and slowly them becoming good friends. The narrator ended up giving Sensei his life in which Sensei saw as a depressing mass that overwhelmed him day by day. The narrator ends up falling in love with a women name's Jason and he has competition with a man named K. The narrator becomes jealous of K and can not handle his feelings for Ojosan. Thus creating a dynamic that both intrigues the narrator but also develops the narrator but also the friendship he has with Sensei. In passage two one see’s the narrator’s love for Ojosan first hand. This passage shows that Sensei has insecurities which restrain him from marrying Ojosan. Soseki utilizes word choice, dialogue, and symbols to show the complexity of his insecurities in their relationship.

Each poem represents loves hold upon an individual, love is a strong influence that alters our usual perceptions. It's a unique phenomenon that brings out a side of us we never

In this controlled assessment I am going to write about how in relationships are presented in my chosen texts. Passionate lovers so their affection for their partners and that is my key theme in this poem; looking at how they do this. I will also be exploring the relationship between Romeo and Juliet and how it compares to the relationships in the poems have chosen.