Poems about Love (reflections at the end of poems)
First Love by Jan Owen
It happened in Physics, reading a Library art book under the desk, (the lesson was Archimedes in the bath) I turned a page and fell for an older man, and anonymous at that, hardly ideal – he was four hundred and forty-five, I was fourteen. ‘Eureka!’ streaked each thought (I prayed no-one would hear) and Paradise all term was page 179 (I prayed no-one would guess). Of course my fingers, sticky with toffee and bliss, failed to entice him from his century; his cool grey stare fastened me firmly in mine. I got six overdues, suspension of borrowing rights and a D in Physics. But had by heart what Archimedes proves. Ten years later I married: a European with cool grey eyes, a moustache, pigskin gloves. Reflection: In my opinion, this poet is saying that you can fall in love with anyone or anything during any time in your life. The person that the poet wrote about in this poem fell in love with a painting of Archimedes. Love can exist in all places, whether its something you study, eat, watch, read- it can be anything.
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Love's Coming by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
She had looked for his coming as warriors come, With the clash of arms and the bugle's call; But he came instead with a stealthy tread, Which she did not hear at all. She had thought how his armor would blaze in the sun, As he rode like a prince to claim his bride: In the sweet dim light of the falling night She found him at her side. She had dreamed how the gaze of his strange, bold eye Would wake her heart to a sudden glow: She found in his face the familiar grace Of a friend she used to know. She had dreamed how his coming would stir her soul, As the ocean is stirred by the wild storm's strife: He brought her the balm of a heavenly calm, And a peace which crowned her life Reflection: The message that the poet of this poem is trying to convey is that your "knight in shining armor" can end up being someone that you never even imagined him being; a childhood friend, a person you met once in your past, etc...
The person that you think the least of might actually end up being the love of your life. |
Love is More Thicker than Forget by Edward Estlin Cummings
Love is more thicker than forget more thinner than recall more seldom than a wave is wet more frequent than to fail It's most mad and moonly and less it shall unbe than all the sea which only is deeper than the sea Love is more always than to win less never than alive less bigger than the least begin less litter than forgive It's most sane and sunly and more it cannot die than all the sky which only is higher than the sky Reflection: In this poem, the poetic says that love is like an other-worldly feeling. It is beyond any feeling that one has ever felt before it. He says that it's power is amazing.
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A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns
O, my Luve's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June. O, my Luve's like a melodie That's sweetly play'd in tune. As fair as thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I; And I will love thee still, my dear, Till a' the seas gang dry. Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi' the sun: I will love thess till, my dear, While the sands o' life shall run: And fare thee well, my only luve! And fare thee weel, a while! And I will come again, my luve, Tho' it ware ten thousand mile. Reflection: The poet says that love is sweet and fresh. It sounds as if he is speaking of the feeling of having a first love and having everything be fluffy and magical with butterflies in his stomach.
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