Have told their love for generations
Their girls have glimmered like the moon,
Stood like a lily, fled like a fawn,
I've married one of Shakespeare's dreams.
First of all, the reason why I choose this poem is that I am so impressed this phrase "I've married one of Shakespeare's dreams." This phrase is really sweet and romantic! It shows how much the poet falls in love "I've married one" with a lover "Shakespeare's dream; usually, even though many Shakespeare's love stories such as "Romeo and Juliet" are tragedies, protagonists show passionate love, and their love seems their karma, so that's why the poet mentions it to describe his love. Moreover, another interesting thing is that his idea of general idiomatic expressions about love is totally changed. The poet looks like he seeks of boring phrases at first, but he becomes same! I feel he is a very naive person, and love makes people fool.
At the beginning of this poem, he criticizes people who describe love as trite expressions "All their memorable phrases are common as goldenrod or daisies." also, who entice girls with fair words such as the moon, a lily, a fawn. In contrast, after the poet meets the lover "Here is the princess in the tower," he becomes a person who tell her common sweet words like others. "Ever aged phrase is new" describe the poet realizes these lovely phrases, which he thought theses were boring before, have deep meanings. Finally, he finds his love by destiny, "Shakespeare's dream"
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