loves philosiphy

• quote 1 :

  ' th fountains mingle with the river And the rivers with the ocean'
• quote 2:

  ' why not i with thine'
• quote 3

  ' what aee all these kissings worth, If thou not kiss me'
• ' the fountains mingle with the river And the rivers with the ocean'

  • fountains- flowing movement, water imagery, everything is connected
  • ocean- it grows in size, stronger
• 'why not i with thine'

  • rhetorical question
  • direct adress- lover?, woman
• 'what are all these kissings worth, If thou kiss not me?'

  • whats the point of nature if you dont love me
  • dramatic, hyperbolic
  • rhetorical question
• structure:

  • uses ABAB rhyme scheme- develops the notion that human behaviour and natures heavier are one and the same
  • last line of each stanza is monosyllabic
• context:

  • married a 16 year old, had 2 kids then they split
  • fell in love with his friends (16 year old) daughter
  • they married
  • he drowned in 1822
• Overall summery 


  The speaker uses the processes of nature to persuade a second party to engage in a relationship with them. This is done by highlighting how many aspects of the natural world work together in harmony and intertwine.
• more context

  • written during the romantic era of poetry
  • Shelley grew up in the countryside
• Key themes

  • inter connectivity- the poem relays heavily on personification of nature to portray its intended message and the connection between nature and humanity is actively acknowledged
  • human relationships- repetition to emphasise powerful verbs is often used colloquially to describe human relationship
• COMPARISONS

  • Sonnet 29 - both use nature t describe intense feelings of love towards another and both highlight the inter connectivity between nature and human relationships, S29 follows a typical sonnet structure
  • BYWM- both make reference to religious ideas and are heavily punctuates to induce a certain effect, LP contains a regular rhyme scheme and iambic tetrameter, BYWM includes no regular rhyme scheme