The
poem that I chose to write about is called A
Red, Red Rose, written by Robert Burns. This particular poem was finished
in 1794. A Red, Red Rose is actually written to be a song. The poem is written
in four four line stanzas, with alternating tetrameter and trimeter lines.
Burns also uses a unique rhyme scheme of A,B,C,D, rhyming the words, June and
tune, sun, and run. This poem is a romantic style poem. I was particularly
drawn to this poem because the author wrote about eternal love, and no matter
how far away a person may be if it is true love it will always be there.
From
the beginning Mr. Burns uses two similes, both of which are in the first stanza.
O my Luv’es like a read, red, rose.
That’s
newly fresh in June;
O
my Luve’s like a melodie
That’s
sweetly played in tune.
He is saying that his love his fresh and new like a rose. After I read line three I pictured two people flowing together so beautifully like a graceful melody. Two people in love always find this graceful way moving together, it reminds me of the way he describes his love for her in lines three and four.
In
the second stanza he starts to become contradictory.
As
fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So
deep in luve am I;
And
I will love thee still, my dear,
then Till a; the seas gang dry.
In
the third stanza he is reiterating the fact that he will love her forever. He
must really want his audience to know that no matter what happens in life this
girl has his heart, and he is madly in love with her. It’s not until the fourth
stanza that the poem takes a slight turn. He is saying goodbye to his love. He
doesn’t flat out say how long he is going to be gone but it seems like quite a
while. However, he does say he will come back for her because he is so in love
with her.
In
conclusion, I really loved this poem because it really shows that no matter how
far away someone may be, they can remain that much in love. It may take a
little bit of work to keep the spark alive but when you find true love it’s
worth holding on to.
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