William Blake, "Love's Secret"
William Blake, "Love's Secret"
Monday, March 6, 2006
William Blake's poem "Love's Secret" can be interpreted for many readers as a simple explanation of why love should be expressed. That is in fact one of the purposes of the poem, but there are other ways to interpret this poem. Reading and analyzing the poem can take the reader to a completely different interpretation and to the real meaning and the theme of it. The theme of this poem is deeper than a simple explanation; it expresses the mysteries of love. In the following paragraphs of this essay each line will be explained in order to prove the theme.
In the first stanza of this ballad, the author expresses the strong feelings he is having. He also expresses the pain that he is feeling keeping this emotion to himself. The first two lines of the stanza are, "Never pain to tell thy love / Love that never told can be". These two lines state that he is in love to the point that keeping this feeling in secret is causing him......
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