It is due to nature’s wide-ranging connotations and the impossibility of perfectly defining it that makes it such an allusive and engaging theme. Nature is undoubtedly one of the most commonly utilized themes of poetry in recorded history. ‘This is my play’s last scene’ by John Donne.‘I saw no Way- The Heavens were stitched’ by Emily Dickinson.Here are a few examples of poems that clearly have a theme of religion or spirituality:
By the end, she asks God to show himself as a shepherd once more and bring her into the flock. They were Christ’s “sheep” and she feels she is the only one who is a stone. The speaker compares herself to the women present at the crucifixion who “lamented” Christ adequately. To number drop by drop Thy blood’s slow loss,Īs can be seen clearly, the speaker is addressing God, by way of Christ, asking if she is a “stone” because she can look at him upon the cross “And yet not weep”. That I can stand, O Christ, beneath Thy cross, Here are the first two stanzas of the text: In this case, the speaker expresses her longing to devote herself fully to Christianity, but also her reluctance to do so. It is a devotional poem, meaning that it expresses religious worship or prayer. The latter could be religious in nature, or more spiritual, concerned with nature and emotional universality.įor our example, let’s take a look at lines from Christina Rossetti‘s ‘Good Friday’. These themes often come together into the contemplation of the afterlife, a higher power, and the forces that control our everyday lives. Just like in the world of visual art, some of the more important written art was done while the writer was considering religion, faith, God, and oftentimes, doubt.
The third theme we’re going to take a look at is religion or spirituality. ‘On the Death of Anne Brontë’ by Charlotte Brontë.‘Death is Nothing at All’ by Henry Scott Holland.Here are a few examples of poems that have a theme of death: Clearly, the love this speaker held for her is coming through, but the lines wouldn’t be necessary unless she had died so it is important to consider how both of these elements come together. The speaker asks that the bells stop ringing as they might bother Lenore (now in the form of an angel) as she makes her way into heaven. The first line of this section is a beautiful expression of love and care, even after one’s lover is gone. To friends above, from fiends below, the indignant ghost is riven–įrom Hell unto a high estate far up within the Heaven–įrom grief and groan, to a golden throne, beside the King of Heaven.” Should catch the note, as it doth float up from the damnéd Earth. Let no bell toll!–lest her sweet soul, amid its hallowed mirth, No dirge will I upraise,īut waft the angel on her flight with a Pæan of old days! Here is the last stanza of the poem that speaks about her death.Īvaunt! to-night my heart is light. The lover berates the public for not appreciating her adequately and tries to express how important she was to him. In this piece, a lover and a bystander discuss the life and death of a woman, Lenore. In Edgar Allan Poe‘s ‘ Lenore’, Poe combines the two. Just like love, death is a very common theme in poetry. ‘A Valediction Forbidding Mourning’ by John Donne.‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day’ by William Shakespeare.Here are a few more examples of poems that clearly have a theme of love. The figurative language shows true passion. The poet expresses her devotion through simile and metaphor.
She states that her relationship with her husband is more valuable than “whole mines of gold” or all the riches of the East. In the twelve short lines of the poem, she uses the word “love” six times. That when we live no more, we may live ever. Then while we live, in love let’s so persevere, The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray. One of Bradstreet’s best-known works is a clear example of love as a theme, ‘To My Dear and Loving Husband’. Or you might be familiar with Lord Byron, who wrote breathtaking poems such as ‘She Walks in Beauty’.īut, let’s look at a lesser-known poet, Anne Bradstreet. He is known for works such as ‘ Endymion’and ‘ Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art ’. One writer who is known for crafting some of the most beautiful and memorable love poems in the English language is John Keats. Love for another can be seen within the work of countless poets since writing as a form of expression came into being. The first on this list is the most obvious. It can be love for another person, love for nature, or even love for oneself. 19 Why should you care about Themes in Poetry?.
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