34+ Famous Love Poems Classic

One man loved the pilgrim soul in you And loved the sorrows of your changing face READ NOW.

Famous love poems classic. Its obvious use of metaphor in the comparison of the subject of the poem to a summers day is hard to miss the subject being much superior to that grandest of seasons. The only other sounds the sweep. Of easy wind and downy flake. All My Poems Are Love Poems.

The woods are lovely dark and deep But I have promises to keep And miles to go before I sleep And miles to go before I sleep. In this romantic poem Sara Teasdale wants to be so in love that she completely loses herself a romantic notion thats better in theory than in practice. I Love You by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Also its hard to ignore the sonnet continually popping up on this list as if its a poetic form made for love.

But yet be blamed if thou thyself deceivest By wilful taste of what thyself refusest. Not for me the cold calm kiss. One aspect of Nerudas poems that I love is the leaps of logic he takes in eating the sunbeam flaring in your lovely body and becoming himself a puma. But hey its the thought that counts.

I dont love you as if you were a rose of salt topaz or arrow of carnations that propagate fire. When Two Poets Fall in Love Love poetry is about as old as love itself from Homers vision of Penelopes steadfastness to the biblical Song of Solomon to Shakespeares sonnets for his Dark Lady or some speculate Dark Lord to Keatss love songs for his own depression. I love your eyes when the lovelight lies Lit with a passionate fire. Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare Shakespeare s Sonnet 18 written in 1609 is one of the most famous and quoted love poems of all time.

The couple in this poem is together for the long haul even as the rest of their lives and their bodies change. And yet love knows it is a greater grief To bear loves wrong than hates known injury. The poem plays out almost like a stream of consciousness with the narrator trying to piece together how they feel. Why Do I Love You Sir Emily Dickinson So many great love poems are formed around hypothetical questions.

I love your lips when theyre wet with wine And red with a wild desire. Dickinson may be more famed for her drab and depressing work but this is a fine love poem. I love you as one loves certain obscure things secretly between the shadow and the soul. William Butler Yeatss exploration of enduring love makes this one of the most famous love poems to date.

I love your arms when the warm white flesh Touches mine in a fond embrace. I am not yours not lost in you Not lost although I long to be Lost as a candle lit at noon Lost as a snowflake in the sea 2. When I Too Long Have Looked Upon Your Face by Edna St. Then if for my love thou my love receivest I cannot blame thee for my love thou usest.

The more personalized you can. The late Henri along with his fellow Liverpool poets Roger McGough and Brian Patten brought poetry to a new generation in their 1967 anthology The Mersey Sound. Spritz it with a little perfume like the middle schooler we all are inside and seal it with a kiss and youve got a Valentine theyll treasure for years to come. Its a poem about everyday love between everyday people but is strangely touching.