In one of the most famous love poems of all time, Burns goes all out to express the wonder of love: It’s beautiful like a flower, it’s sweet like music, it’s deep as the sea. And Burns isn ...
The writing in this poem is taut, graceful and intelligent in a way that shows the mystical themes of life, including love, death, the mind and body, the church and Christ, and idealism.
The best-written poems capture emotions, experiences, or images using a lyrical language. But what exactly is a poem, how is it different from prose, and how should we approach it?