4. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Desire
Where true Love burns Desire is
Love's pure flame;
It is the reflex of our earthly
frame,
That takes its meaning from the
nobler part,
And but translates the language
7. A Love Poem
Your love is like a blanket
that keeps me toasty warm.
Your love is like a shield
that protects me from all harm.
Your love is like a chocolate bar,
velvet-smooth and sweet
Or like some comfy house slippers
that hug my tired feet
Your heartbeat’s like a lullabye
that beckons me to sleep
You permeate my memories
Romance from days long past
You underwrite my future
with a love that’s made to last
I need you more than words can say
My heart is sure and true
I’m yours until the end of time
Like, baby, I love you
10. Lunchby DeniseRodgers
I'd love to take a poem to lunch
or treat it to a wholesome brunch
of fresh cut fruit and apple crunch.
I'd spread it neatly on the cloth
beside a bowl of chicken broth
and watch a mug of root beer froth.
I'd feel the words collect the mood,
the taste and feel of tempting food
popped in the mouth and slowly chewed,
and get the smell of fresh baked bread
11. IMAGE AND IMAGERY
Most figures of speech cast up a picture in your mind.
These pictures created or suggested by the poet are called
'images'.
We speak of the pictures evoked in a poem as 'imagery'.
Imagery refers to the "pictures" which we perceive with our
mind's eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin, and through which we
experience the "duplicate world" created by poetic language.
12. SYMBOL
Symbolism can give a literary work more
richness and color and can make the meaning of
the work deeper. Symbols that usually cast a spell
over the readers and are often used to enhance
poetry in motion. Symbols that create colors,
waves, movements, transition, and enhance a
sheer poetry into a form of art.
13. A poem by William Blake
The Sick Rose
O Rose, thou art sick.
The invisible worm
That flies in the night
In the howling storm
Has found out thy bed
Of crimson joy,
And his dark secret love
Does thy life destroy.
14. ANALYSIS OF POETRY
Poetry analysis is the process of investigating
a poem's form, content, and history in an
informed way, with the aim of heightening one's
own and others' understanding and appreciation
of the work. Analysis means literally picking a
poem apart--looking at elements such as
imagery, metaphor, poetic language, rhyme
scheme, and so on--in order to see how they all
work together to produce the poem's meaning.