What a poem! Elsewhere in the collection we have psychotic killers, lady-killers, man-killers, jealousy and hatred. Here we have a beautiful poem about the power of love. Ahhhhh...
This poem used to be an A Level poem, because of the full range of ideas it invokes. Here love (or physical love) is as powerful an act of creation as the creating of a literary text. Also, here the female persona (of Anne Hathaway - Shakespeare's wife)is a co-creator: they appear as equals. Also, there's more sexual innuendo than you can shake-a-pear at (fnah fnah!).
Monday, 28 March 2011
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