Poem Comparison (Burns and Rossetti)

Since the beginning of human existence love has earned a meaning of pure bliss and wild passion between two people that cannot be broken. Through out time the meaning of love has had its slight shifts but for the most part, maintains a positive value. In the poem “Love Should Grow Up Like a Wild Iris in the Fields,” the author, Susan Griffin expresses that this long lost concept of love is often concealed by the madness of everyday life and reality. In the poem, Griffin uses many literary elements to help convey the importance of true love. The usage of imagery, symbolism, and other literary techniques really help communicate Griffins’ meaning

One Perfect Rose, is a short poem from Dorothy Parker’s first book of poetry Enough Rope (1926). Parker cohesively explores two major themes throughout the poem; frustration and disappointment. The two themes are conveyed in the narrative by the narrator who ultimately outlines a dissatisfaction with the cliched conventions of romance and courtship. The projection of these themes are outlined through three dominant modes of discourse which I will be engaging with throughout the literary commentary; structure, voice and the use of metaphor. The commentary will address these discourses in relation to an adaptation of the original poem into prose, taking into consideration the implications of textual adaptation. This textual intervention

In her poem “One Perfect Rose,” Dorothy Parker misleads the reader throughout the first and second stanzas into believing this poem is a romantic tribute to a tender moment from her past through her word choice and style of writing. However, the tone of the entire poem dramatically changes upon reading the third and final stanza when Parker allows the reader to understand her true intention of the poem, which is a cynical and perhaps bewildered view of the memory. And, with this shift in the tone in the third stanza, there is a shift in the meaning of the entire poem, leading the reader to believe that the first two stanzas were not, in fact, sweet but instead a sarcastic and bitter account of this past moment. In the first stanza, Dorothy

Hardy initially uses similes to illustrate the bleak landscape, referring to the “sun [as] white” and leaves as “grey”, to emphasise his sorrowful opinion of love. Specific diction of bleak words strongly communicates his message of love being hopeless and sorrowful. He also uses personification of “starving sod”, to allude that the earth is frozen and desiring nutrients which it lacks. This creates an undesirable setting and mood of despair and sorrow expressing how he perceives love. In contrast, Browning orientates an inviting, cheerful setting through the use of similes. The scene is vibrant with “little waves that leap” and “warm sea-scented beach[es]”, allowing the reader to perceive it as joyful. This illustrates how he regards love as an uplifting experience, which brings people together. He structures his poem with no stanzas, allowing for the reader to follow the radiant journey of love. In contrast, Hardy includes stanzas allowing him to express his message though new topics. They consist of the bleak setting, his former partners eyes, her bitter smile and his message of how all love disappoints. He includes an enclosed rhyme scheme, presenting the entrapment of love, expressing no freedom and joy in relationships. In opposition, Browning uses anaphora of “and” to express how the speaker’s mind is not in the moment, looking ahead to the future where they reunite with their lover. It is evident that Hardy conveys his message of love as sorrowful and full of despair, in contrast Browning message reveals love as gracious and

Donald Justice wrote a poem called Incident in a Rose Garden, showing readers the true fact that life is nothing more than a vapor. It evaporates almost as quickly as it is made. However, there is beauty in it as well as surprise. He portrays this theme throughout the poem by using contrast and irony.

“Elegy for J.F.K. and the poem “A Red, Red Rose” are both poems that have discreet similarities and differences. Some of these differences between these two intriguing poems are: mood, rhyme scheme, and two different futures. However, to combat these differences, they both have ballad, enjambment, and both of them focus their eyes on the future.

· In the first line of the poem, the speaker expresses her feelings towards men by using the word “Anger”(1). From just the

Compare how the poets present love in “Nettles” and in one other poem from the Relationships cluster.

Sometimes actions done from the bottom of ones heart do not get received in the most gracious way, Katherine Brush's, "The Birthday Party" is a perfect example of this pessimism. Written in 1946, Brush's story represents the pessimism the nation felt during World War II. Brush's utilization of alliteration and symbolism in the text help bring attention to the gravity of this situation through a couple's dispute. One literary device that Brush uses in "The Birthday Party" to tell her message is alliteration. In paragraph 3, lines 14-15, she describes the woman crying, "heartbrokingly and hopelessly all to herself...".

The song “ The Rose” by Bette Midler is some sort similar to the chapter the “ The Red Candle.” In the chapter “The Red Candle” it talks about a girl named Lindo Jong, which is forced to marry a boy from another family, that she doesn’t like. In song it talks about different types of love gentle love like a flower, sharp love like a razor and soothing love like a river. I think in this situation in the book love is like a razor, because their love is not really and it is cutting her up inside. The part that is like the razor is “ Of course, now I know the tree-trunked lady was the old village matchmaker, and the other was Huang Taitai, the mother of the boy I would be forced to marry.” The song sort of similar to this scene, because it talks

Through nature, these colors bring emotions, Death brings emotions of sadness and sympathy, but beauty brings happiness and joy. Firstly, the neighbors notice that in the garden belonging to Rappaccini, on a shrub lay a cornucopia of purple flowers “Enough to illuminate the garden, even if there had been no sunshine”(Rappaccini’s Daughter, 669). The beauty in these flowers attract a flood of sunlight, because the sun (nature) sees them as beautiful. The flowers bring happiness to whomever may view them because the sun directed its own energy on them to make them more beautiful. Similarly, in the garden’s fountain water ”continued to gush and sparkle into sunbeams as cheerfully as ever”(Rappaccini’s Daughter, 669). The sun shines on the free flowing water like how Romantics view nature as free. The waters beauty becomes intensified by the beams of the sun which can bring happiness to those who view them. Thirdly, when Rappaccini’s daughter decides to visit the garden she becomes illuminated by the sun like a flower. A suitor spots her in the sunlight and much like a flower in nature would bring one happiness, she brings him happiness.

On the 25th of January in 1759, Robert Burns was the first born of William Burnes and Agnes Broun in Alloway, Scotland. The eldest of seven children, Robert grew up to be the poet that is well known today for his many famous poems, including “A Red, Red Rose.” Burns’ work was influenced by occurrences in his life, with his poems often discussing love, “aspects of farm life, regional experience, traditional culture, class culture and distinctions, and religious practice” (The Poetry Foundation). Although Robert Burns was a poet of the 18th century, his work continues to stir up a wide range of emotions for the many people who read his poems.

Both poems contain declarations of love and both attempt to persuade in a personal way. Also both Poems offer gifts or nice promises to they’re women if they are to cooperate.

Robert Burns’ “Oh, my love is like a red, red rose” and in W. H. Auden “As I Walked Out One Evening” both write about how one loves a significant other for an eternity. Both poets use time measuring devices to show how time could hinder the couple’s feelings. Burns and Auden use the themes of love and time to show that people will fall in love and that time will never stop. They both show how time can affect the way that the lovers in the poems feel about one another.

Throughout the whole poem, the speaker tends to enhance the image of love by using different stylistic devices, such as