The two poems that I have selected to compare are `Upon Julia's clothes' written by Robert Herrick (1591-1674), `Sonnet' written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) and the final Poem is written by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and is called `Sonnet 138' All three of these poems are romantic poems written about there feelings to someone who is special to them or there partner. But all three poems are about love and were written before the 1800's, which is one thing all three poems have in common.

The first poem I will be reviewing is `Upon Julia's Clothes'. This is an extremely short poem, which has two verses of three lines, each which are called triplets. In my opinion the way I feel Robert Herrick's attitude to love and relationship is that the beauty of the one that he truly loves takes his breath away when the love of his...