Love, love, love
Briefly summarize the emotions the speaker experiences during Porphyria’s Lover. For example, in the first ten lines his heart is breaking as he listens for Porphyria’s arrival, and then he relishes the warmth and cheer she creates.
First, as stated before, his heart is breaking as he listens for Porphyria’s arrival, he is anxious and nervous awaiting for her. Then he is joyful with the warmth and cheer she creates. They are in love, sharing romantic moments, and enjoying their blooming emotions. Then something changes in the speaker’s tone.
How do the speaker’s emotions change as the poem progresses?
Why do you think the speaker murders his beloved?
Yes, everyone has experienced emotions like love, eternal love for someone, being willing to lose everything for that special person. Love is not different in cultures, I mean the traditions are of course different, but the emotion is the same, everyone has ways of expressing love, but the feeling itself is universal.
The most famous line in Sonnet 43 is “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways”. Why do you think this line is so popular?
It expresses countless love for the other person, love that is so profound and pure that there is infinitive number of things she loves about him. She says she loves him to the depth, breath and height her love can reach, this actually does not have an exact number. This phrase is popular because anyone madly in love can say that their love for the other is uncountable.
