Sacrifices of Love
The poem “Song”, by C. Day Lewis, is written to express how the author feels about a girl. He loves her so much he wants her to be with him through hard times and forever. This poem is related to the song “Don’t Take The Girl” written by Craig Martin and Larry W. Johnson and sung by Tim McGraw, from a future point of view. The author goes through a few of their troubles but explains she still stayed with him. The poem and song are written to describe a love that overcomes all obstacles for the sake of love itself.
When the word “love” is spoken, happiness is usually directly associated. Not to say that love does not bring happiness, but there is a lot of heartache and pain under its surface. Lewis, in his poem, tries to ease across the point about the truth of that and simply life.
I’ll handle dainties on the docks
And thou shalt read of summer frocks
At evening by the sour canals
We’ll hope to hear some madrigals
This stanza expresses that......
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