Love Quotes

Question 1

Valentine

Answer 1

“It will blind you with tears like a lover” - highlights the emotional pain that can come with deep affection challenging the idealised image of love as purely joyful. This rawness is further emphasised through direct, abrupt phrases like “Not a red rose or a satin heart,” rejecting traditional tokens of romance.
“Its fierce kiss will stay on your lips” — suggesting that love can leave marks that linger

Question 2

Cozy Apologia

Answer 2

Cozy Apologia presents a deeply personal and imperfect view of love. Dove includes awkward, mundane images like “chain mail” and “kissing cliché” to acknowledge the ordinary, sometimes corny aspects of relationships — yet she embraces them fully, showing that real love doesn’t need to be flawless or grand to be meaningful.
In contrast, Dove adopts a softer tone, using the hurricane metaphor to contrast the chaos of the outside world with the calmness of her partner’s presence: “I could pick anything and think of you.” This creates a sense of emotional security

Question 3

Sonnet 43

Answer 3

In the octave, Browning describes love in general terms: “I love thee to the depth and breadth and height / My soul can reach,” showing that her love is vast and immeasurable. It sounds almost holy, as though her love is a kind of religion
She speaks of loving her partner “with my childhood’s faith” and even says, “if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.” This blend of deep emotional honesty and religious imagery shows how intense her love truly is

Question 4

She Walks in Beauty

Answer 4

He compares the woman to “night / Of cloudless climes and starry skies,” which blends light and dark to suggest harmony and contrast, as if she is perfectly balanced.
Byron admires her innocence, describing a “heart whose love is innocent,” showing that it’s not just her looks but her character that captivates him