First Love by John Clare Essay -- First Love John Clare Poems Poetry E

First Love by John Clare How do different poets convey the idea of Love? â€Å"First Love† by John Clare was written in the 19th century. It is a poem about how the poet had fallen in love but it turned out it was unrequited. Whereas â€Å"Song† by W.H.Auden written in the 20th century, is a poem about how someone has been in love but then lost them to death. They are both quite similar in the fact that they are both about loving someone but not being able to have them. However they are different because â€Å"Song† is about two people having been in love and then losing it, rather than â€Å"First Love† in which the love is unrequited, and not being fulfilled. In the poem â€Å"First Love† by John Clare the poet writes about what seems to be a very overwhelming feeling. The poem is written in three stanzas and in each one the feelings develop. It has a rhyme structure of AB,AB, CD, CD etc. The first stanza has eight syllables in each line and the other two have a pattern of 8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6. I think it may be written like this because in the first stanza the feeling are simpler and then they get more complex as the poem progresses- like the syllable patterns. In stanza one the crush begins. He sees her and is suddenly struck by her beauty- â€Å"Her face it bloomed like a sweet flower.† This simile is saying that her face opened up and revealed something beautiful just like a flower does. It brings the image of spring to mind because flowers blooming are associated with it. The poet describes never having felt this way before- hence the title â€Å"First Love†. â€Å"I ne’er was struck before that hour With love so sudden and so sweet.† It suggests that he was surprised that it happened so quickly. It seems that it w... ...in â€Å"Song† the poet writes about the man he loved but can’t have because he died. They are both quite sad poems. The main differences are the love in â€Å"Song† can’t occur because someone has died, whereas in â€Å"First Love† both people are alive it is just either one sided love, or not allowed. From looking into John Clare’s history I found out that he was not allowed to marry the girl he loved, because she was a better class that him. Also â€Å"Song† concentrates very much on the bad bits, whereas â€Å"First Love† reflects on some of the good feelings the poet has had because of love. Personally I preferred â€Å"Song† by W.H.Auden because it felt more meaningful. Although I did like â€Å"First Love† it didn’t touch me as much. I think I learnt a lot from both poems, it taught me that love can be very painful and everyone suffers because of it at some time in their life. First Love by John Clare Essay -- First Love John Clare Poems Poetry E First Love by John Clare How do different poets convey the idea of Love? â€Å"First Love† by John Clare was written in the 19th century. It is a poem about how the poet had fallen in love but it turned out it was unrequited. Whereas â€Å"Song† by W.H.Auden written in the 20th century, is a poem about how someone has been in love but then lost them to death. They are both quite similar in the fact that they are both about loving someone but not being able to have them. However they are different because â€Å"Song† is about two people having been in love and then losing it, rather than â€Å"First Love† in which the love is unrequited, and not being fulfilled. In the poem â€Å"First Love† by John Clare the poet writes about what seems to be a very overwhelming feeling. The poem is written in three stanzas and in each one the feelings develop. It has a rhyme structure of AB,AB, CD, CD etc. The first stanza has eight syllables in each line and the other two have a pattern of 8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6. I think it may be written like this because in the first stanza the feeling are simpler and then they get more complex as the poem progresses- like the syllable patterns. In stanza one the crush begins. He sees her and is suddenly struck by her beauty- â€Å"Her face it bloomed like a sweet flower.† This simile is saying that her face opened up and revealed something beautiful just like a flower does. It brings the image of spring to mind because flowers blooming are associated with it. The poet describes never having felt this way before- hence the title â€Å"First Love†. â€Å"I ne’er was struck before that hour With love so sudden and so sweet.† It suggests that he was surprised that it happened so quickly. It seems that it w... ...in â€Å"Song† the poet writes about the man he loved but can’t have because he died. They are both quite sad poems. The main differences are the love in â€Å"Song† can’t occur because someone has died, whereas in â€Å"First Love† both people are alive it is just either one sided love, or not allowed. From looking into John Clare’s history I found out that he was not allowed to marry the girl he loved, because she was a better class that him. Also â€Å"Song† concentrates very much on the bad bits, whereas â€Å"First Love† reflects on some of the good feelings the poet has had because of love. Personally I preferred â€Å"Song† by W.H.Auden because it felt more meaningful. Although I did like â€Å"First Love† it didn’t touch me as much. I think I learnt a lot from both poems, it taught me that love can be very painful and everyone suffers because of it at some time in their life.