Comparing Attitudes Toward Love in First Love, Shall I...

Comparing Attitudes Toward Love in First Love, Shall I Compare Thee, Porphyrias Love and The Flea Love is an uncontrollable emotion experienced by everybody at some time. There are many different types of love, whether its between mother and child, friends, lovers or a shop-a-holic and her credit card. Many poets have written on the subject of love and tried to capture the essence of the indescribable feeling. William Shakespeare discusses romantic, eternal love in Shall I Compare Thee...? whereas John Clare addresses the issue of unrequited love in First Love. Contrasting with these ideas of admiration and romantic love is†¦show more content†¦The repetition of faire is to stress the purity and loveliness of the woman. This poem conveys warmth and awe towards its subject, which is clearly romantic, with the use of elaborate adjectives and phrases, common for the time, to convey his emotions. John Clares First Love, is about a mans feelings as he is seeing someone for the first time and falling in love with them, the manner in which he talks of his desired one is similar to Shakespeares description in Shall I Compare Thee The language expresses the emotions he experiences and the effects they are having on him, blood rushed to my face and took my sight away, and the personification of his legs refusing to walk, show how these feeling are uncontrollable. The writing style is intense this is shown by the hyperbole of his emotions stole my heart away completelyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ ¦my heart has left its dwelling-place, and can return no more. There is a standard (a,b,a,b) rhyming scheme, making the poem sound almost like a song, and poetic devices are used frequently. Alliteration of so sudden and so sweet,, saw so sweet a face and blood burnt about my heart make the description stand out. Also similes are used often; her face bloomed like a flower,, my face turned pale as deadl y pale and they spoke as chords do from string, this is to compare theShow MoreRelated The Flea by John Donne and To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell6621 Words   |  27 PagesThe Flea by John Donne and To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell The Flea by John Donne is written in the 17th century as is To his coy mistress by Andrew Marvell. This we can see by the language used which was typical of that period in time apt to kill me and yea which are taken from the flea. Both poems also speak of virginity being very important, especially before marriage because if a woman had lost her maidenhead before, the husband would have the right to leave her without