How attitudes to love are expressed through poetry? An analysis of similar themes between different poets (Shakespeare, E.Nest, Christian Walsh).

One of the more common themes in Literature throughout the ages is love. A strong feeling of attachment to another, experienced by everyone of us some point in our lives. Love can mean different things for different people- sorrow, anger, joy, happiness or betrayal. Although love has been associated positively most of the time, it may sometimes be less optimistic such as in Sonnet 130 where the writer criticises society upon its views regarding perfection of women and the poem Villegiature where the speaker feels that the love that he had, had vanish and no longer feels committed to her lo…