And if love poems play a key role in the realm of love, short love poems are considered as one of the best option of expressing love in this busy world. Short love poems play a key role in this, simply because they state the crux briefly. Given below are some short love poems written by famous poets.
Some great short love poems are as follows:
“All love, at first, like generous wine,
…Becomes the richer still the older, “
The above extract from a sonnet by Samuel Butler poem clearly compares love with wine. As it is said the older the wine, the better it tastes, love also grows beautiful with time. This is a poem, which shows the passionate side of love.
“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
…….So lone as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”
This is an immortal sonnet by William Shakespeare. Actually if sonnets are the greatest examples of short love verses, Shakespearean sonnets are the pioneer ones. Sonnet no 18, is an eternal love sonnet and is one of the most popular short love poems till date. This sonnet bears two emotions of love. In the first few lines, the poet wants to compare her beloved’s beauty to a bright summer’s day. But later on, he realizes that her beauty is far more dazzling than the hot and summer days. In the closing lines, he wants to make her beauty eternal through this immortal verse.
In other short love poems, Solitary Reaper by William Wordsworth and Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning need a special mention, as they signifies two faces of love.
In Solitary Reaper, the poet expresses another kind of love- love for music. The poet hears a song, which is sung by a reaper in the field. He does not know the lass, yet her song touches his heart so much that he can hear her singing even when he leaves the place.
Porphyria’s Lover, a romantic poem unmasks another face of love- jealousy. Porphyria’s lover clearly knew that she could not be his lover any more. The moment she came to meet him, he wanted to immortalize the moment of their togetherness by murdering her. His motive was to keep his beloved with him during her last few seconds.
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
…….So lone as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”
This is an immortal sonnet by William Shakespeare. Actually if sonnets are the greatest examples of short love verses, Shakespearean sonnets are the pioneer ones. Sonnet no 18, is an eternal love sonnet and is one of the most popular short love poems till date. This sonnet bears two emotions of love. In the first few lines, the poet wants to compare her beloved’s beauty to a bright summer’s day. But later on, he realizes that her beauty is far more dazzling than the hot and summer days. In the closing lines, he wants to make her beauty eternal through this immortal verse.
In other short love poems, Solitary Reaper by William Wordsworth and Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning need a special mention, as they signifies two faces of love.
In Solitary Reaper, the poet expresses another kind of love- love for music. The poet hears a song, which is sung by a reaper in the field. He does not know the lass, yet her song touches his heart so much that he can hear her singing even when he leaves the place.
Porphyria’s Lover, a romantic poem unmasks another face of love- jealousy. Porphyria’s lover clearly knew that she could not be his lover any more. The moment she came to meet him, he wanted to immortalize the moment of their togetherness by murdering her. His motive was to keep his beloved with him during her last few seconds.
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