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Similarities Between Love Songs And Poems

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Even though everyone has a different way to articulate love, expressions have been developed that are now very commonly used in love songs and poems.
The two very contrasting sides of love are often compared directly. As a result this comparison shows that the good cannot exist without the bad side, making love highly equivocal. Although anyone would want to avoid feeling 'grief' the feeling accompanying it being 'joy' overshadows the hurt one has to endure. Undoubtedly this may lead to confusion as to whether or not love is beneficial or harmful in the long-run. This emotional disorientation will force people to confront the fact that it 'could be wrong, but it could [be] right' and leave them to decide whether the damage love does can be healed by the bliss it simultaneously creates.
Secondly, a frequent topic in love songs and poems is the eternality of love. This often includes the use of hyperboles as the Lyrical I talks about 'the kind of love that lasts forever' or 'until the end of time' . Hence creating the idea that some cases of love are indestructible and supporting the traditional roman catholic wedding vows that say marriage will last 'until death do us part' . In fact it is typical of partners to believe their love to be …show more content…

Concerning this aspect of love, properties usually associated with the sun are regularly cited. Love as the source of 'light in the dark' hints at the hope it encompasses, even in times of misery. This theme of love causing a 'sudden glow' and being the 'cause of a flame' underlines the positive effect it can have on people like nothing else can during periods of sorrow. Saying 'love is like the sun' indicates that it is vital and everything depends on it, just like the planets correspondingly revolve around the sun. Besides this physical longing initially being desire, it morphs into love when it is

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