Throughout history, poets have captured the essence of love, desire, longing, and devotion in their verses. Romantic poetry ...

Closely aligned to the theme of romantic love is that of desire, and across the centuries poets have written about the ...

Her poem “Love and Friendship” offers a more ... or plunging into the earth and dying beside them. Let thine eyes whisper love’s conciling song. Sweet and to the point, “Let Thine Eyes ...

Duffy uses the metaphor of an onion to describe the complexity of love in her poem 'Valentine'. "Not a red rose or a satin heart. I give you an onion." On the face of it, Carol Ann Duffy’s ...