Desire - I think of thee / Love's Philosophy Flashcards
Umbrella sentence
Both poems convey desire as uncontrollable and overwhelming throughput the poems in different ways.
TS1
Both poems use natural imagery in order to convey desire for their love object and longing for intamacy.
TS2
Both poems refer to Biblical imagery in order to express their desire for intimacy with their love objects.
TS3
In both poems the speaker’s try to persuade their love object into a relationship as a result of their desire.
“Wild vines about a tree” - I think of thee
L - metaphor
I - her desire isn’t just thought but physical intentions
- tree and vines symbolise how he is at the centre of her life and needs to support her
“Mingle with the river” - Love’s Philosophy
L - Natural imagery
C - fountains mingle with their lover. Euphemism had to be used
R - as referring to sex would be shocking to a Georgian reader.
- suggests sex is natural for a romantic couple
“My palm tree” - I think of thee
L - Natural imagery - Possessive pronoun - emphasises her feeling of control over her love object
C - Writer grew up in a Christian house hold, Jesus had palm trees laid out in front of him
D - Symbolises how she worships him as Jesus was
“Law divine” - Love’s Philosophy
L - Ceasura
- God has created the world and all things in it. Humans were made to reproduce to ensure the continuation of the species
D - The speaker is trying to say that there love is sanctioned if they don’t have an intimate relationship
C - Ironic as the Poet is Atheist
“Instantly renew thy prasence” - I think of thee
L - imperative adverb - shows her urgent desire to be with him physically
R - reader would be shocked as female’s weren’t catalyst for relationships in patriarchal society
“Mountains kiss high heaven” - Love’s Philosophy
L - personification
- trying to persuade her that sex is heavenly and not a sin
C - sex before marriage was frowned upon in patriarchal society
