Love's Philosophy - Percy Bysshe Shelley

Love's Philosophy - Percy Bysshe Shelley

1. "sweet emotion" (personification)

   • Suggests that nature enjoys and benefits from this union

2. "law divine"

   • It's God's law that everything in nature 'mingles' together

3. "kiss...clasp" to "clasp...kiss" (mirrored repetition)

   • Reflects the narrator's belief that humans should mirror nature

4. "No sister-flower would be forgiven

   • Unrequited love

5. "disadian'd"

   • Woman has rejected him

6. "What is all this sweet work worth?" (hyperbole)

   • Love gives life meaning

7. "If thou kiss not me?" (rhetorical question)

   • It is separate from the rest of the poem which shows that he is separated from his lover