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Descriptions of Love in Poems by Clare and Donne
Summary: A comparison of how love is described in two poems: John Clare's "First Love" and John Dunne's "The Flea." For Clare, love is an overwhelming first-time experience. For Dunne, love is seducing his mistress by overcoming her coyness through argument.
A comparison of how love is portrayed in pre-1900s poems: `The Flea' and `First Love'.
First Love (1793 - 1864)
The impact of John Clare's `First Love' is both physical & dramatic. He uses several words and phrases in verse 1 to convey the virtual state of shock that he is in. Some of these are: `I ne'er was struck... with love so sudden'. This quote directly relates to the title of the poem. It denotes that he had never been in love before and was caught off-guard. Another is, `Her face it bloomed like a sweet flower'. Clare mentions flowers in the first and third verse. His use of flowers is a simile perhaps for the blossoming of his love and also for the beauty of the woman that he loves. My final quote for this verse is `My life and all seemed to turn to clay'. This is a...
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