Comparison of Porphyria's Lover and Let Me Not

Comparison of Porphyria's Lover and Let Me Not

Porphyrias Lover and Let Me Not are my chosen poems. I chose these

poems because I took an instant liking to Porphyrias Lover and thought

that Let Me Not was an appropriate comparison with it. Porphyrias

Lover is a poem about an obsessive possessive man, in love with a girl

who cannot stay committed and has a fear of relationships, so he

murders her to be forever with her. Let Me Not, in my opinion, is more

personal and seems to have resulted from Shakespeare's own experience

with love. It is saying that love is something that gets in the way

and is forever- I.e. Marriage. I will analyse the two poems and then

compare them.

In Porphyrias Lover, he begins using tempestuous weather to set the

scene, and in lines 6- he makes it seem as if not all is well and

there is a sense of intrigue. Then in line 9- He talks as if she

brings light into his life, he tries to seduce her by ignoring her and

he obviously knows her very well if this works. Then in lines 20-25 he

says that sh...