Friday, May 18, 2001

A Lover's Complaint Comments

Rating: 3.3

FROM off a hill whose concave womb reworded
A plaintful story from a sistering vale,
My spirits to attend this double voice accorded,
And down I laid to list the sad-tuned tale;
Ere long espied a fickle maid full pale,
Tearing of papers, breaking rings a-twain,
Storming her world with sorrow's wind and rain.
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William Shakespeare
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Sylvia Frances Chan 14 June 2024

Except a beautiful poem, it IS a real complaint, TOP Marks 5 Stars and TFS. Again chosen by Poem Hunter and Team as The Classic Poem of The Day.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 16 April 2024

This narrative triangle of the young woman, the older man, and the seductive suitor mirrors similar triangles in the sonnets themselves. Shakespeare's exploration of love, desire, and human frailty resonates in the melancholic verses of 'A Lover's Complaint'

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Sylvia Frances Chan 16 April 2024

Ah, again chosen as The Classic Poem Of The Day, greatest Congrats! A moving narrative poem.. It delves into the complex emotions of a rejected lover..

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Sylvia Frances Chan 22 February 2024

Congratulations to the closest relatives of the late poet on being chosen as The Classic Poem Of The Day by Poem Hunter and Team. Mosrt deserving!

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Sylvia Frances Chan 22 February 2024

SEVEN: The narrative triangle of the young woman, the older man, and the seductive suitor mirrors similar triangles in the sonnets themselves. Shakespeare's exploration of love, desire, and human frailty resonates in the melancholic verses of 'A Lover's Complaint

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Sylvia Frances Chan 22 February 2024

SIX: This poem serves as an intriguing coda to Shakespeare's sonnets, with thematic parallels to situations from plays such as 'All's Well That Ends Well' and 'Measure for Measure.'

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Sylvia Frances Chan 22 February 2024

FIVE: Regret: The protagonist reflects on her vulnerability and susceptibility to the young man's false charms, even after being betrayed.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 22 February 2024

FOUR: The central themes explored in "A Lover's Complaint" include: Unrequited Love: The speaker laments the loss of a former lover who pursued, seduced, and ultimately abandoned her.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 22 February 2024

THREE: The poem is written in the form known as rhyme royal, consisting of forty-seven stanzas of seven lines. The meter is identical to that of Shakespeare's longer narrative poem, 'The Rape of Lucrece'.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 22 February 2024

TWO: The female protagonist of the poem tells her heartbreaking story of temptation and abandonment. As she cries by a river, she throws away love tokens, torn letters and rings. '

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Sylvia Frances Chan 22 February 2024

ONE: More than world-famous and maligned, here is a long poem by William Shakespeare about a lover's complaint. 'A Lover's Complaint' is a moving narrative poem.. It delves into the complex emotions of a rejected lover.

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Hebert Logerie, Sr. Poet 30 October 2019

William Skakespeare and Victor Hugo were two great writers and poets of the last centuries, I, Hebert Logerie, would like to be among the great creative poets. It is a shame that poetry, at times, is a subjective thing. One needs to be well connected and also having a great audience reading and reciting your crafts is essential

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Andrew Blakemore 30 October 2019

A very long poem but a very good one

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Hebert Logerie Sr. 30 October 2019

William Skakespeare and Victor Hugo were two great writers and poets of the last centuries, I, Hebert Logerie, would like to be among the great creative poets. It is a shame that poetry, at times, is a subjective thing. One needs to well connected and also having a great audience reading and reciting your crafts is essential.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 30 October 2019

Addition: CONGRATULATIONS for being chosen as The Classic Poem Of The Day, Hurray! We are, I am very thankful to Poem Hunter and Team to present this on the Homepage again. An epic poem, but still an enjoyment to read this money-making poem in his time. William Shakespeare stories are oft Most beautiful, always about a lover

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Sylvia Frances Chan 30 October 2019

the poet asks the question, but whose interest is this? WS made this poem, certainly in time of his lack of money, because just like all other playwrights of his time, more pages yields more money. Certainly not from artistic inclinations, but he earns his living with words, more words, more money. WS lived in London at the time and goes to his wife and children once a month in a distant village. A true pleasure to read and enjoy! CONGRATS!

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Ratnakar Mandlik 17 June 2019

" The carcass of beauty spent and done" Simply superb. A pleasue to read.

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Brett Ll Fox Shakespeare II 24 February 2019

Thats cool, he killed it...People must appreciate these great works by my role model..Thus nice

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Thomas Schumacher 09 September 2018

Such a great poem, It was worth to read, My thumbs up for the great poet. - Thomas Schumacher

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chandrakant suryavanshi 09 August 2018

that's my latest poem

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