Incessant Desire -Symbolism Of A Poem, Painting And Song

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    Incessant Desire -Symbolism of a poem, painting and song

    When I was younger, I lost my boyfriend in a terrible car accident that could not
be avoided. I tried to convince myself that I was only dreaming ; but the truth was he was
gone and id never, ever see him again. Dante Gabriel Rossetties,”Beata Beatrix”, brings
back awful memories I would rather leave in the past. The woman takes up the majority
of the painting .A vision of beauty , but also of death, love but most of all despair.
    Christina Rossetties,”Echo” relats to Dantes painting because they both deal with
the same feelings of hope and despair. Toni Braxtons “Unbreak My Heart “ can be
described as a combination of Rossetties “Echo” and Dantes “Beata Beatrix” because all
three works show the same feelings of despair.
    Poetry is a way a poet expresses his or her feelings and beliefs. Christina Rossetti
wants him to come back any way possible. She starts her poem with “Come to me in the
silence of the night” followed by “...in the silence of a dream” . She needs him, she misses
him. She wants to feel him next to her , so she can hold him and stare into his eyes. One
critics opinion is that,” Christina Rossetties songs of love are nearly always of loves loss.”
The character is so devastated that she would rather die than be without her
beloved,.”...Pulse for pulse, breath for breath.”She would give her own life again though
cold in death than live with all the pain. A critc says that,

            As [Rossetti] she ...

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Submitted by: digitalessays
Date Submitted: 02-22-08 9:41pm
Category: Politics
Words: 580
Pages: 2.32