A Poetry Analysis on Modern Love

Modern Love George Meredith Modern Love. The term brings to intelligence the changing dynamic of todays society. This change has been present for decades and continues on to this day. In George Merediths verse form he illiterates the negative impact of this change in a expression that could encompass so m any couples the pain of a loveless marriage. by his use of diction, and metaphor Meredith show the pain and heartache of two raft being so close, yet so emotionally distant.Similar move How to be Old Poem AnalysisThe first line of the rime begins the isolated theme (By this he knew she wept with waking eyes), exhibit how the husband has seen his wifes suffering as well as painting a memorable picture by the use of alteration. The alteration serves another purpose as well. Its smooth obstetrical delivery shows just how utilise to the situation the husband is to his wifes tears. In line 2 we see just how helpless the husband is to help, his hand quivers out of nervousness, and in line 3 we see the extent of the wifes sobs (Shook their common bed).The dark plectrum of diction continues as metaphors are employed in lines 5&6 (And strangled mute, like little gaping snakes, dreadfully venomous to him). The sincerely telling word in these lines is Strangled, this extremely active verb implies force. This describes the situation of any willfully married wife during the time the poem was written. They had little cream in not only their husband, but also in the life-style handed to the by that husband, not to mention that divorce during this time stoppage was early unheard of.The next lines hint at the wifes feeling of close, (Stone-still) showing her complete hopelessness at the situation imposed on her. Lines 8-12 guard the same dark imagery (Pale drug of silence, Sleeps gravid measure, move-less, Dead black years), but those same images tick off into another, larger image. The author uses them to describe her Giant heart of memories and tears. M eredith clearly shows the keen-sighted lasting nature of the wifes pain, as well as the multitude of awake nights that all weigh against her heart.The only relief from the ache is presented in Sleeps argillaceous Measure. The choice of the word effigies could possibly be the most significant of the sinless work. Effigies are stone representations of a person, normally used only after(prenominal) death. The image of death is repeated in the 15th and 16th lines as well, (Upon their marriage-tomb, the sword between Each wishing for the sword that severs all) these lines are used to show the reader several things. First, the emotional death of the parties involved, second the death of the marital bond, and third the longing for literal death.Merediths choice of words and aspect of metaphors steer the reader away from the bright connotations of love and into the darker feelings that society in the Victorian era was happy to ignore. His work was very nearly satiric in nature, it challenged the social conventions of marriage at the time and began to show how both parties in a marriage were both influence by, and responsible for the wellness of a marriage. The true feeling and innate sadness in the poem comes from not only the lack of love and affection, but also the torture of conforming to the standers of the day.