A Critical Examination Of My Lover In White :: essays research papers

After reading "My Lover in White," for the first time, I thought of a poesy written by Shakespeare that seemed to be in some ways similar in content. The mention of the fair maidens away(p) the gate and the poets observation that his respect is not with the rest reminds me of Shakespeares Sonnet CXXX. The poem is about the poets love of a woman that is not the most ravishing in comparison to most fantasy women she is not perfect, but in his eyes she is both that he could possibly want. It seems that the content of this poem as well as reflects a devoted love to a maiden that may not be the fairest of them all, all the same she gives him all the delight he needs "She all gives me delight". The note at the end of the poem comments that the man praises his lover..., contrasted with sightly maidens.... This seems to support the insinuation that perhaps his maiden is not of the same entirety as the other dating maidens. The poet does not need anything other than the love he receives from this one maiden. It is possible that the direct contrasts that state she is not there exterior the gate could be referring to something more literal. It could perhaps be literal in the sense that something has happened to her, which is why she is not out there. The note at the pot of the poem clarifies that the gate in the poem refers to the eastern gate of the hood of Zheng. The significance of the eastern gate seems to be important to the meaning of the promissory notes, however that importance is unclear to the uninformed reader. The two stanzas of the poem are insistent yet with subtle differences. It seems common throughout many traditional Chinese poems that the first two lines of each stanza are very much besides and repetitive, while the following lines show more of a distinction. The first line reads " right(prenominal) the eastern gate," while the first line of the second reads "outside the outer gate". The next line compar es maidens to clouds, while the second line of the second stanza compares them to blooms. The poet uses nature in both stanzas to compare the fairness of the maidens. The quaternary lines of each, say in different ways that his love is not where all the other maidens are.