You may wish to explore the types of love, the effects of love and how the poets use language and structure. In Havisham and Sonnet 43 we are given a good idea of how two poets can have different opinions on the experience of love. Havishams experience of love is violent with dark implications of death “Beloved sweetheart bastard. ” The plosive alliteration of B emphasises her hatred towards her ex and shows her experience is brutal.
The oxymoron’s show her confusion and the use of antithesis helps us realise that she hates that she loves him. “Bastard” indicates odium and the use of caesura and “beloved” suggests that her experience of love is unrequited but also ongoing. Finally “sweetheart” shows contrast and tells us that she loves him deep down. This theme of violence continues throughout the poem where Havisham tells us that she has hands she “…could strangle with” and that she “stabbed at a wedding-cake. “Strangle” signifies violent behaviour, decease and anger as does “stabbed” which highlights severe loathing creating strong imagery and capturing her rage.
Havisham also says that “Not a day since then I haven’t wished him dead. ” This proves her fury and hurt, implies that she is still not over what he did to her and that she wants to kill him. Overall Havisham is clearly a broken woman who can’t get over what happened on her wedding day and seeks deep revenge. In Sonnet 43 Elizabeth’s experience of love is unique and un-limited “With my lost saints-I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life! and if God choose, …” “Lost saints” shows that she has replaced Robert for religion and “smiles” and “I love thee” explains her overpowering love towards Robert. The fact that this sentence is also staggered shows that she is excited and happy and is also writing with no stereotype- a unique experience and type of love. Throughout the poem her writing is also irregular and goes by no rules which shows her experience of love is limitless and true. The loss of rhyme also possibly suggests her loss of god. Sonnet 43 and Havisham both capture eternal love.
The Term Paper on Idealised Love Hope And Mortality In 'The Great Gatsby' And 'Sonnets From The Portuguese'
Elizabeth Barret-Browning’s ‘Sonnets from the Portuguese’ and F. Scott. Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ both reflect, in abstract style and varying contexts and elements, the experience of idealised love, hope and mortality. The elements employed by Barret-Browning and Fitzgerald, differ in their depictions of these themes through various literary devices, two ...
In Sonnet 43 Elizabeth tells us that she “shall but love thee better after death. ” This shows the reader what it is like to be in love and the object of the poets affection, the fact the she says “after death” also explains that her love is ever lasting and will never die, going on into the afterlife. This is possibly her saying goodbye. The repetition of “I love thee” eight times also expresses how much she cares for him. Then in Havisham Carol Ann Duffy describes similar imagery “The dress. ” This monosyllabic expression creates an image of Havishams “stood up” dress and feelings and tells us that she’s still in that time. The” also conveys the ceaseless dress. In this respect both poems are similar. However Sonnet 43 and Havisham are different with one experience and type of love portrayed as strong and the other ruined. In Havisham Carol Ann Duffy tells us that “Don’t think it’s only the heart that bbb-breaks. ” The repetition of b illustrates that her mind is breaking and she is going crazy, where every part of her is destroyed. “Loves hate behind a white veil” also captures a ruined love, where she is trapped between hating and loving him, the use of juxtaposition and oxymoron’s also highlights this.
On the other hand in Sonnet 43 Elizabeth’s love is strong “I love thee to the depth and breadth and height. ” “Depth” “breadth” and “height” emphasises the fact that she loves every part of him and her love is comprehensive. “I love thee” also displays the persistent nature of the love. Havisham and sonnet 43 are also similar because they both portray an intense and encompassing experience. In Havisham her love is seen as erratic “Bite awake. ” “Bite” indicates dark imagery and extreme feelings. Awake” also shows us that she realises that this is reality and possibly doesn’t want it to be, this theme continues in the poem where shock is displayed “bang.
The Essay on Shakespeare's Definition Of Love In Sonnet 116
Shakespeare expresses ideas through the language and imagery in sonnet 162. It uses a variety of rhymes, images and tones to present his definition of true love. The sonnet follows the conventional abab rhyming form, using both full rhymes and half rhymes. Shakespeare employs half rhymes in the sonnet to express the value of love. Half rhymes are used for “love…remove” to show ...
” Sonnet 43 is also alike as Elizabeth says that “I love thee with a love I seemed to lose with my lost saints” which proves that her experience of love has taken over everything as she is willing to be with him instead of god. Finally Havisham and Sonnet 43 can also be seen as different as Havisham describes physical fantasies whereas Elizabeth real intimacy. Havisham asks for “a male corpse” and describes the “lost body” over her. Give me” suggests aggression and desperation and “male corpse” advocates acrophilia, which makes you wonder how deranged Havisham is. “Lost body” also indicates physical happenings with a dead person, a sick, unrequited experience. Sonnet 43 however is much more real “I love thee with the passion put to use. ” “Passion” tells us that the love is intimate and “put to use” tells us that the love is requited, all things that Havisham isn’t. These two poems both portray similar experiences and types of love but also differ. They can teach us a lot about the poet’s feelings and help us explore the effects and nature of love.
