Do Not Go Gentle Into Those Winter Sundays Poem Analysis
Informal #1: Poems about Love In the poem “Do not go Gentle into that Goodnight” is about love between a child and their father. The child has a storge type of love for their father and because of this unending love they are advising their father to go against the dying light and to not go gently to instead go out fighting. In “Those Winter Sundays” the love that is presented is that of a familial love between parents and children not like the love story of young couples. This type of love is one that goes without recognition and is the type of love that is quiet and helps you but is not flashy. Unlike in the previous poems, “To Lucasta, going to the Wars" is talking about love between significant others and couples instead of between a
parent and child. An example of this is when Lovelace refers to Lucasta as sweet and dear. Lovelace also brings up that love and war are quite similar. In “What Lips my Lips have Kissed” Millay is speaking about her previous relationships in which was consisted of love between significant others. An example of this is when she said “I only know that summer snag in me/ A little while, that in me sings no more.” Similarly, in “Jenny Kiss’d Me” the poem talks about young love between a couple; although on the other hand, it relates to “What Lips my Lips have Kissed” because it talks about love in a way that it shows that it was a past lover. The speaker is also trying to convey the message about how surprised they were when Jenny kissed them. This poem is quite different compared to the previous poems, this type of love being shown is one of the agape nature, this means that this is the divine love that the Lord has for his believers. The speaker has a love for God more so than in a spiritual way, they are unsatisfied with this one-sided relationship. The poem “You Fit into Me” was a bit harder to comprehend, but once the reader realizes that this is not a poem about happy love, that is in fact about being trapped in an unhealthy relationship. That is where the metaphor for “a hook into an eye” comes in. Alone they are safe, but together their deadly.
parent and child. An example of this is when Lovelace refers to Lucasta as sweet and dear. Lovelace also brings up that love and war are quite similar. In “What Lips my Lips have Kissed” Millay is speaking about her previous relationships in which was consisted of love between significant others. An example of this is when she said “I only know that summer snag in me/ A little while, that in me sings no more.” Similarly, in “Jenny Kiss’d Me” the poem talks about young love between a couple; although on the other hand, it relates to “What Lips my Lips have Kissed” because it talks about love in a way that it shows that it was a past lover. The speaker is also trying to convey the message about how surprised they were when Jenny kissed them. This poem is quite different compared to the previous poems, this type of love being shown is one of the agape nature, this means that this is the divine love that the Lord has for his believers. The speaker has a love for God more so than in a spiritual way, they are unsatisfied with this one-sided relationship. The poem “You Fit into Me” was a bit harder to comprehend, but once the reader realizes that this is not a poem about happy love, that is in fact about being trapped in an unhealthy relationship. That is where the metaphor for “a hook into an eye” comes in. Alone they are safe, but together their deadly.