I Love You
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I love your lips when they’re wet with wine
And red with a wild desire;
I love your eyes when the lovelight lies
Lit with a passionate fire.
I love your arms when the warm white flesh
Touches mine in a fond embrace;
I love your hair when the strands enmesh
Your kisses against my face.
Not for me the cold, calm kiss
Of a virgin’s bloodless love;
Not for me the saint’s white bliss,
Nor the heart of a spotless dove.
But give me the love that so freely gives
And laughs at the whole world’s blame,
With your body so young and warm in my arms,
It sets my poor heart aflame.
So kiss me sweet with your warm wet mouth,
Still fragrant with ruby wine,
And say with a fervor born of the South
That your body and soul are mine.
Clasp me close in your warm young arms,
While the pale stars shine above,
And we’ll live our whole young lives away
In the joys of a living love.
The title of this poem jumped out at me simply because the title is a phrase everyone has heard at some point on their life, whether coming from a significant other or a family member. I chose this poem because I am a romantic at heart and I thought the sappiness of the poem was cute. I liked how the poet was listing off things they loved about the reader. I also chose this poem because I liked how descriptive it was. I felt like I could really picture everything the poet loved about the reader. I could feel the emotion that the poet wants to convey and love the way it was written.
This poem has great descriptions of what it's like to love. It uses almost every one of the senses to desribe it. I think This love is mostly in the "honeymoon phase" of love, where it new and fresh.I agree with how this poem creates emotion and almost makes you can picture is very clearly.
ReplyDeleteGreat choice of poem! When I was reading through the poems and came across this one, I noticed how all the things the author was describing about their lover were physical parts of their body. They talk about their lover's lips, hair, eyes, arms, flesh, etc. Do you think then that this poem illustrates an emotional love or just a love that is physical? I think it is a mixture of both, because the author does describe how their lover makes their heart feel when they say "It sets my poor heart aflame". Do you think this is a poem describing a love that will last forever?
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