English 11/Poem
Love By: Matthew Hetrea
Love, as beautiful as it is boundless, it is what keeps us intact
It overwhelms hatred and fills the hearts of the fool
Love is a light that brings us together and fills our souls with warmth
A light that is so powerful in fact that even darkness promotes it by demonstrating its beautiful colours in the night sky
But love is fragile like glass and as frail as a butterfly
If it breaks then people are broken
If it is mistreated then people separate to person
Even a slight tamper will turn love to hatred
Love is bittersweet, it feels good to love but it is worse to have your love torn apart
That is why you must always treasure it and be careful to whom you have given it to
Love is perfect and sweet
Love is messy and imperfect
Reflection
The poem written by Matthew Hetrea called “Love” is a free verse, lyric with no structured rhyme scheme or rhythm. The speaker of this poem is the author. During the poem, the author tries to explain how important love is and how amazing it is. The poet uses alliteration in the first stanza and the first line when he states, “Love, as beautiful as it is boundless…” A different example of alliteration is in the second stanza, “But love is fragile like glass and as frail as a butterfly.”
An example of imagery shown in the poem is when the author writes about how love is light in a night sky, giving you descriptive imagery of beautiful light in a dark place. The meaning of this metaphor is saying that love is so powerful, it shines everywhere, even where there’s hatred, love will be there. Other imagery is when the author states how love is fragile and frail. It is a simile and the author is just trying to say how love or bonds can also be broken easily depending on what you love. In this simile, the imagery that comes is picturing a frail butter and glass, how they can be broken easily.
An example of an oxymoron in this poem is “bittersweet”. The meaning behind this line is that love is amazing and makes everyone feel good but there is always a risk of getting your love torn or your heart broken. At the very end of the poem, there is a paradox, saying how love is perfect but imperfect, just further stating the authors point on how love is awesome but it comes with risks. The theme of this poem would be how Love is beautiful and amazing but people can’t avoid all the downsides of love and just have the good parts of it. This poem has universality because throughout the years to come love will always be love, it will never change and people will always have difficulties with their lover.