“Oh, my love is like a red, red rose” by Robert Burns, “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” by William Shakespeare, and “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe are similar poems. The biographical information for each author, the conflicts in the poems and the literary devices contribute to the central theme, love. The authors of the poems have diverse backgrounds. Robert Burns, author of “Oh, my love is like a red, red rose,” was born on January 25, 1759, in Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland (“Robert Burns” 544). In his poetry, Burns “…relied heavily upon literary forms and legends peculiar to the Scottish folk culture, and … wrote in the actual language of the common people” (“Robert Burns” 544). One of Burns’ biggest projects was “collecting and editing songs for The Scots Musical Museum” (“A Red, Red Rose” 151). “Oh, my love is like a red, red rose,” an original poem, was part of this collection, which also included poems he had written (“A Red, Red Rose 151-152). William Shakespeare, author of “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun,” was born on April 23, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon (Sonnet 130, Poetry for Students 246). Shakespeare is known for his numerous plays; however, he did write poetry as well. Although it has not been proven, “most probably, ‘the dark lady’... [is] a character created for the sonnet sequence, inspired partially by fictional characters and real-life acquaintances” (Sonnet 130, Poetry for Students 246). Edgar Allen Poe, author of “The Raven,” was
James Fenton and Carol Ann Duffy are both contemporary poets. Their poems ‘In Paris with You’ and ‘Quickdraw’ both include the themes of the pain of love. This essay compares how the two poets present the pain of love in their poems, exploring things such as imagery, vocabulary and form and structure.
Love is often seen as great thing that will changes people's lives, but Edgar Allan Poe explores both sides of love. Originally published in 1845, Poe’s short story The Raven explores the idea of not knowing why a loved one dies. One December night, the unnamed narrator hears a tapping at his door and waits to open it because he is grieving over Lenore, his wife. Shortly after, John Sartain published Annabel Lee in 1849. The narrator fell in love with Annabel Lee but was taken away from him. Throughout the poem he still expresses the love he still has for Annabel Lee. While both The Raven and Annabel Lee address the death of a loved one, Edgar Allan Poe uses his tone and diction to show different impacts of death.
Unlike other forms of literature, poetry can be so complex that everyone who reads it may see something different. Two poets who are world renowned for their ability to transform reader’s perceptions with the mere use of words, are TS Eliot and Walt Whitman. “The love song of J Alfred Prufrock” by TS Eliot, tells the story of a man who is in love and contemplating confessing his emotions, but his debilitating fear of rejection stops him from going through with it. This poem skews the reader’s expectations of a love song and takes a critical perspective of love while showing all the damaging emotions that come with it. “Song of myself”, by Walt Whitman provokes a different emotion, one of joy and self-discovery. This poem focuses more on the soul and how it relates to the body. “Song of myself” and “The love song of J Alfred Prufrock” both explore the common theme of how the different perceptions of the soul and body can affect the way the speaker views themselves, others, and the world around them.
Love is the one thing everyone strives to find in their lifetime. Losing a loved one is one of the most traumatic experiences in a person’s life; Edgar Allan Poe explores the feelings and lives of his characters after they lose their loved ones. Poe’s most well-known poem “The Raven” is an excellent example of his beliefs. First published in January 1845, “The Raven” is frequently recognized for its stylized language and supernatural atmosphere. The poem tells the story of a talking raven’s mysterious visit to a distraught lover, and the man's slow fall into madness. Another one of Poe’s poems, “Annabel Lee”, has a similar plot involving a man mourning the loss of his loved one. Despite the differences in mood, Edgar Allan Poe uses similar
The poem “love poem” is by John Frederick Nims it is a one hundred and seventeen word poem with six verses of four lines in each, the second and also fourth lines rhyme with each other. This poem is very descriptive and has a lot of meaning in it just by the words this poet chooses to use and also in his style of writing. The first three words of this poem he was either speaking or addressing to his beloved one it said “My clumsiest dear”. We quickly learn that this is the woman he loves and that she nearly breaks everything she comes across, “her hands wreak disasters” “shipwreck vases”. They are like proverbial bulls in a china shop, he mentions and they catch in fine cloth like the burrs of weeds. In this poems first couple of verses mostly
“A Love Song for Bobby Long” written by Grayson Capps and “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” written by TS Eliot remind the world of men who struggle with the demons of life. The little voices in your head saying “I don’t think you can do that.” These voices cause you to doubt yourself and your talents. They take the life out of you, and cause you to wonder if you even have a purpose here on earth. Now let’s take a deeper look into these poems and closely analyze their similarities and differences.
It’s crazy to think how two people’s lives could be so intertwined. Arthur Miller and Elia Kazan, two completely different people with clashing personalities and morals, have one of the most complicated relationships in Hollywood history. With the same childhood, the same love interest, and same event that would make or break their career, the lives of these men were more intertwined than they had ever hoped or planned to be.
Love can be quite a difficult topic to write about, expressing one’s intimate and innermost emotions requires a great level of dedication and honesty. If done correctly, the outcome is truly stunning. John Donne’s “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” and Katherine Philips’s “To Mrs. M.A. at Parting” are two masterpieces of this genre. These poems depict the concept of true love so meticulously that the reader cannot help but envy the relationships presented. Perhaps the reason that these works are so effective is due to the fact that they are incredibly similar to each other. Although some differences are present when it comes to structure and gender concerns, the poems share the same theme of love on a spiritual level and show many parallels in meaning.
The poems “The Raven” and “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe have many similarities, as well as many differences. They have two different dates they were published. “The Raven” and “Annabel Lee” have much in common when it comes to their themes or their motifs, they also have differences in their themes. These poems are alike and unlike in imagery and figurative language. Lastly, they can be compared and contrasted in their form, structure, and their sound devices.
When studying Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven and Annabel Lee, the reader is struck by many similarities and differences. Both focus on the sorrow and loss of losing a loved one. Both deal with the heartache and grief associated with the search for understanding why the loss occurred. Both have an almost gothic, sad, unearthly feel to them. However, while the theme of The Raven and Annabel Lee is very similar, Poe uses a very different tone in the two poems to portray his feelings. The difference in tone produces a very different mood when one reads the two poems.
The series of unfortunate events that Edgar Allan Poe experienced in his lifetime are what influenced his writing. His poetry heavily reflects the built-up emotions that he carried within himself. He repeatedly dealt with loss, rejection, and poverty throughout his entire life. When his wife, Virginia, was deathly ill, Poe wrote his poem, “The Raven”, in which the reader can observe the speaker slowly fall into madness while grieving the death of his love, similar to Poe’s own experiences.
The poems that I chose to compare are “My Papa’s Waltz” and “Porphyria’s Lover,” both of which use a dark tone and end rhyme to tell a story of painful love through symbolism. “My Papa’s Waltz,” written by Theodore Roethke in 1942, tells of a relationship between an alcoholic father who abuses his son. In “Porphyria’s Lover,” written much earlier in 1836,” Robert Browning describes a chilling tale of a madman who murder’s the woman he loves the most. Both poems have the same theme of love with an underlying dark emotion
There are certain themes and ideas which appear over and over again in literature, no matter what the genre or form. Poems which were written centuries apart can echo similar ideas about life and humanity. Love is one such theme which presents itself repeatedly as seen in the poetry of William Shakespeare and that of Robert Burns. Each poem, though written more than two hundred years apart, explains what it feels like for the poet to feel love for the singular object of their affection. The poem "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day" by Shakespeare and Burns' "A Red, Red Rose" share common images and themes with the intention of instilling in the reader the impression of their love and in explaining the depth of their emotion for the beloved as well as the respective poets ideas about the very nature of love and how it can be both passionately fulfilling and devastating.
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.
During the Renaissance period, most poets were writing love poems about their lovers/mistresses. The poets of this time often compared love to high, unrealistic, and unattainable beauty. Shakespeare, in his sonnet 18, continues the tradition of his time by comparing the speakers' love/mistress to the summer time of the year. It is during this time of the year that the flowers and the nature that surround them are at there peak for beauty. The theme of the poem is to show the speakers true interpretation of beauty. Beauties worst enemy is time and although beauty might fade it can still live on through a person's memory or words of a poem. The speaker realizes that beauty, like the subject of the poem, will remain perfect not in the