Comparison Of Love Poetry: Essay -- English Literature

Comparison Of Love PoetryRememberby Christina Rossetti, How Do I Love Thee? by ElizabethBarrett Browning and When We Two Parted by Lord ByronThe three poems, Remember by Christina Rossetti How Do I love Thee?by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and When We Two Parted by Lord Byron,each look love and loss in their own unique ways. Remember is, as bideed from the title, a solemn lament which is a farewell sonnet toher view one. How Do I Love Thee? is again a sonnet of love butis of a love that is present and hopefully will remain forever. The 3rd poem that will be examined is When We Two Parted which tells ofa lost secret love that has left a scar on Lord Byrons life.Elizabeth Barrett Brownings dramatic How Do I Love Thee? is, as youmight suppose, a poem describing the extent of the authors love ofher partner. It is one of her Sonnets from the Portuguese which werewritten in her Italian days at the Casa Guidi. Like many of them HowDo I Love Thee? takes the form of a patriarchal sonnet whi ch is the closely common sonnet form and is for the most part the more appropriateform for love poetry over the English or Shakespearian sonnet or theSpenserian sonnet. Using sonnet form, you would expect the change intone after the first octet but in this the change is less pronouncedwith a subtle change to a graver side of love. Though it is sounderstated it could be debated that it isnt there at all.The second poem to be analysed is Lord Byrons When We Two Parted.This is written from a different perspective to How Do I Love Thee?where the relationship has ended and his feelings can be simply shownin language. The overriding tone is one of repulsion and bitternesstowards his pas... ... love ina different way, Remember shows it as a platonic love between friendswhere it is going away. When We Two Parted tells the allegory of a lostlove edged with the feelings of bitterness that come with an endedrelationship and How Do I Love Thee? recounts an absolute love that isflawless and pure(a) in every way. The presentation of loss in How DoI Love Thee? is virtually non-existent with only one mention where thelove will incur stronger after death. In When We Two Parted loss is themain theme of the poem and is shown as a very grave matter that is not better for any person. Remember shows loss differently as though itisnt necessarily an awful thing. It isnt good but you cannot dwellon it, you must move on and live your life. Ultimately, love and losscan be presented in many different ways and these poems show us someof these ways very well.