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A 4 page paper which examines how the matter of love is explored in these poetic works and what it may have been in the authors’ own personal experiences that may have inspired these works. No additional sources are used.
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earlier, poets - both men and women - were much more cynical on the subject of love. The matter of love was not restricted to flowery verses and clich?s,
but was portrayed as something more complex and not always particularly desirable. William Blake (1757-1827) was a lover of nature, but apparently not always in love with love and
the intense emotions it conjured. He married Catherine Boucher, a woman who was supposedly by all accounts a devoted wife, but her illiteracy kept her from being a perfect
partner for a man of Blakes intellect. Katherine Philips (1631-1664) was married at age 16 to a 54-year-old man named James Philips. Although this, too, was reported to
be a happy union, producing two children, the age difference likely stood in the way of achieving true love and satisfying companionship. Despite their seemingly contented marriages, both Blake
and Philips penned two short poems that seemed to mock the concept of love, "The Sick Rose" and "Against Love." Despite outward appearances, perhaps their own personal experiences about
love had inwardly left quite a lot to be desired. In his brief verse, "The Sick Rose," published in 1794, William Blake writes somberly: O Rose, thou art
sick. The invisible worm That flies in the night In the howling storm Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy, And his dark
secret love Does thy life destroy (40). This is, needless to say, hardly a romantic ballad intended to be a celebration of love. Katherine Philips short poem,
"Against Love," which was first published three years after her death in 1667, was also sharply critical: Hence, Cupid! with your cheating toys, Your real griefs, and painted joys,
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