"Love and Death" and “All my pretty Ones"

Introduction

The poem “Love and Death” is written by George Gordon Byron who was born in 1788 and he died in 1824. He is commonly known as Lord Byron. He was the British national poet. He wrote most of his poems in the context of Romantic Movement. His most well known poems includes “She Walks in Beauty", "So, we'll go no more a roving" etc. The poem Love and Death is also one of his famous poems. George Gordon Byron was one of the English poets who wrote his poems in an influential manner and whose poems are widely read even in today's era.

The poem “All my little Ones” is written by Anne Sexton. Sexton was an American poet. She was born in late 1928 and she died in 1974 at the age of 45. She was one of the famous poets of those times. Sexton had suffered from severe mental illness her life for most of the time. Her poetry was her recognition and she was recognized as the highly noble personality. Her poetry reflects her personal life and aspects. She has written great confessional verse in her poetry. Sexton, in her poetry, has reflected many issues and themes that she had faced. Her poetry involved the themes of suicidal tendencies, war against severe depressions and much more about her personal life that she had suffered. She has also discussed and reflected her relationship matters that she faced with her husband and children. Anne Sexton has won the grand prize of Pulitzer in the year 1967. This affection of Lord Byron had made him ill and finally leads him toward the death bed. In this poem he is expressing the feeling and love affections that he had with that girl. He is saying ...