There is a garden in her face

             An analysis of the poem "There Is a Garden in Her Face" by Thomas Campion
             In the poem "There Is a Garden in Her Face" by Thomas Campion he is describing how beautiful this woman is. Campion uses similes, metaphors, and imagery throughout the poem to describe the beauty that is in this wonderful woman. This woman is so beautiful that it almost seems impossible that she is a real person and that this is only a dream.
             With the use of metaphors the speaker describes how beautiful this woman really is. In the first line "There is a garden in her face" the woman doesn't literally have a garden in her face, she is just so beautiful like a garden. The speaker also describes "where rose and white lilies grow" which is meant to mean her cheeks are rosy and her skin is white. The speaker goes into describing that the woman is so beautiful that she is "threatening with piercing frowns to kill" she isn't actually going to kill the man with her frowns, but it implies that if the woman does frown that it would stop a man dead in his tracks.
             The speaker uses the poetical device simile to describe the physical expressions the woman has of her beauty. For instance "her eyes like angels watch them still" is that she has very pure eyes as she watched over the men that try to win her love. She has a wonderful smile by the way "they look like rosebuds filled with snow" her teeth are beautifully white and her lips are nice and red. "Her brows like bended bows do stand" as she awaits the man of her dreams to sweep her off her feet. This woman is obviously unattainable by any man, because she is so stunning.
             The speaker uses various poetical devices of imagery to show the woman's beauty, through visual and sound. In describing the woman's face the speaker describes it as "a heavenly paradise is that place" he is referring to t...

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