To express love in poetry is nothing new, but it is an artform. In this poem, the speaker is expressing his love for a girl, and with this comes a poem with beautiful imagery and beautiful expressed sentiment. I like the way in which it begins with the speaker starting wi th "A girl," (ll 1). With the poem starting this way, it can be read that it can and should represent any and every girl due to the fact that many believe that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
The poem goes on to show that her beauty is a work that only the heavens could conceive. I like the sentiment because the object of the speaker's affection is describes as being beautiful, yet she had no part in her beauty. To me, I would like to see more than a poem about someone beautful. It does show that the object of the narratror doe have a heart which means her beauty is only surpassed by the capacity of her heart.
Overall, the poem fell into the category of being an ode. It expresses love, beauty and sentiment.
Tony,
ReplyDeleteGood comments on Wilde's poem, with evidence of active engagement with the text's meaning and language. Although you do quote one word from it, that really is not sufficient textual analysis, though.