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Compare and contrast these two 20th century love poems - "Love Birds" by Paul Henry and "Overheard in County Sligo" by Gillian Clarke.
Title: Compare and contrast these two 20th century love poems - "Love Birds" by Paul Henry and "Overheard in County Sligo" by Gillian Clarke.
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Compare and contrast these two 20th century love poems - "Love Birds" by Paul Henry and "Overheard in County Sligo" by Gillian Clarke.
The two poems are about love. One portrays a very distant marriage, the other portrays a very committed marriage. Both poems are of Welch relevance. Gillian Clarke and Paul Henry were both born in Wales.
I am going to begin with the poem "Overheard in County Sligo."
The first line of the poem :"I married a man from County Roscommon" suggests they have a distant relationship in the way she says "a man" and does …showed first 75 words of 1201 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1201 total…imply he is a murderer.
The final verse reads :
"She knows all this, waiting
in the early kitchen, lovingly timing
two cracked eggs in a saucepan."
I think the last line of this verse is trying to say that she hopes the relationship wont break, though she is trying so hard to keep it together. Again, I think this shows commitment in this loving relationship and that she will support her husband no matter what.
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