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One Perfect Rose and First Love

Introduction

One Perfect Rose is written Dorothy Parker and consists of four stanzas, with the first two stanzas having a different theme and the last two representing a clear idea. As the title suggests, the introductory stanzas describe the writer's love, using all the romantic words and indicators while the last two stanzas take a complete turn and call for material show of love.

Similarly, First Love written by John Clare talks about love and tenderness, in this case the writer discusses the experience of falling in love for the first time and experiencing the tenderness and sweetness of love.

Discussion

Both the poems, The Perfect Rose and First Love evolve around the same topic, i.e. the feeling of love, though both of them have adopted a different approach and talk about the same topic differently. The Perfect Rose starts with the habitual tone, where a single rose is considered enough for the expression of love and tenderness, and material is not given much importance, but the last two stanzas change the theme of the poem altogether and consider material is the only way of expressing love (Farley, 2011, Pp: 87).

The poem starts with a romantic tribute to the beloved and creates a soothing and relaxed environment, but the bubble is busted in the last two stanzas when the actual meaning and intention of the poet is uncovered. The third stanza adopts a sarcastic tone and critically evaluates the memory from the past, which presents a harrowing account from down the memories of the poet. In the introductory stanzas, the poet uses terms like tender, pure and perfect to describe both, the rose and its sender, thus showing her love for both of them. However, the terms used over here have multiple meaning and the ...