Text commentary of a poem by Robert Graves, "Lovers in Winter". It was part of an introductory course to English literature during 1st yr at university.

ESSAY ON A POEM

Robert Graves, Lovers in winter

The poem identifies constitution images with feelings in both stanzas. In the first one it compargons a tree to a person (the poetic I) and scent to the Yous cruelty. In the split second one at that place is a link in the midst of converse and the green branches (an image of happy past) and forrader and spastic weather (an image of unpleasant present). Further more(prenominal), the poem has rhyme in separately of its verses and this contributes to the rhythm the poem already has thanks to the isochrony of the incline language.

In the first stanza there is a ca custom-effect relation among the wind and the posture of the tree and at the same time between the Yous cruelty and the feelings of the poetic I.

In the second stanza an opposition between forward and backward is found. As previously mentioned, these two concepts are link up with nature but there is also an identification of backward and doubt.

This short poem containing only two stanzas of four verses each has a very strong effect on the readers because there is high intensity of feelings. As previously mentioned, the language and the images are very elaborated but the message Graves delivers to us is even more overwhelming.

In the first stanza the poetic I says that he is very upset due to his/her lovers cruelty. To make this feeling more vivid to us, Graves uses the image of the posture of the tree mentioned before. The second stanza as a whole says that we have to face what comes and that we should non look backward at the happy times and do nothing. The best thing to do in the present so as to avoid bad periods and dull life is to use the goodness of the...

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